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Wounded Bear

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2. Trump probably watched the movie...

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 10:29 AM

Dec 2016

although I'm not sure he has the attention span to sit through something so long.

Patton definitely had his problems, not the least of which were inflated ego and a bit of a tenuous grip on reality. He apparently believed in reincarnation and channeling great generals from the past. He had no empathy for his soldiers, and no patience for the more human emotions.

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