On occasion I have compared current actions and rhetoric during this time of war to the conclusion of General George S. Patton’s famous speech to the Third Army, June 5, 1944. The salient matter:
There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once again. You may be thankful that twenty years from now when you are sitting by the fireplace with your grandson on your knee and he asks you what you did in the great World War II, you WON’T have to cough, shift him to the other knee and say, “Well, your Granddaddy shoveled s#$% in Louisiana.”
I was reminded of that this morning laughing with my buddy Mike over those pictures I linked to yesterday of the cheerleader-protesters in Fayetteville. I was also reminded of Dennis Prager’s comment that,
One day, our grandchildren may ask us what we did when Islamic fascism threatened the free world.
I couldn’t help but think that, I WON’T have to cough, shift them to the other knee and say …
Well, your Granddaddy tried to persuade people against fighting that threat. Your Granddaddy put on a tutu, tights, and waved pom-poms in public.
