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The great General Patton could have been battin' much higher, but, like Rummy and Dummy, he blew it. He went with the Sherman, no match for the German who'd fire like a hot knife through butter in to it. Its thin armor plating couldn't stop penetrating German tank shells from making them 'Ronsons'. One hit, they'd be flaming and horribly maiming their crews like those chickens at Swansons'. Pershings could have been his to give Germans the business without the attrition in Shermans. Was he really a fool? How could he "Be Cool" without help from a few Uma Thurmans? You would hope they'd have learned since Patton got burned, but they didn't as witness Iraq. They did well with the Abrams, but Rummy's dumb chums decided they'd won and cut back. They switched to Humvees which, against IEDs, lack the armor to protect our troops. Yet we've got APCs here in our armories, and all Rummy offers is "Oops…"? * Armchair General - March 2005 Col. (Ret) John Antal - "The Strength of Our Steel" Bob Carlson |