Posted on Dec 27, 2019
Recalling the Battle of the Bulge | National Review
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An odd take-away (I thought) from Nazi Germany's culminating offensive against the West: We sometimes need unpredictable leaders, even if they rub us the wrong way. The author was speaking of Patton; some readers have wondered whether this applies to Trump as well.
Recalling the Battle of the Bulge | National Review
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WWII World War Two
Germany
Military History
Leadership
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I would say it does. Like Patton he is personally inappropriate but like Patton he gets the job done.
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SFC Tom Jones
Yes Mam you are correct but let's not forget President Truman who had to make that decision to drop the 2 bombs that changed the how the new war called the COLD WAR which like yourself we served in but in saying that he does let the general's make some decisions like when he dropped the MOAB but we now have respect again at least he didn't bowing to another nation.
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Had they given the supplied dedicated to Market Garden to Patton, he would have been in Berlin before Thanksgiving.
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SFC Tom Jones
You are so right but here comes the ROE and making sure that we (Americans) let the other nations to get credit for other people or nations get noticed . Prime example is another a 4 star general was told to let another nation be the 1st ones to go into the nation and he also had a nick name Stormin' Norman,
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