Sunday, December 24, 2017

No Glory In War

"He also knew secrets of the war which would have ruined careers. 
I don't think Dwight Eisenhower would ever have been elected president if Patton had lived to say the things he wanted to say." Mr Wilcox added: "I think there's enough evidence here that if I were to go to a grand jury I could probably get an indictment, but perhaps not a conviction."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3869117/General-George-S.-Patton-was-assassinated-to-silence-his-criticism-of-allied-war-leaders-claims-new-book.html

This is not to say that I know what happened, just that even in a world saving victory over the enemy, there was incredible ugliness.

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