We're not Just Going to Shoot the Bastards. We're Going to rip out Their Living guts, and use Them to Grease the Treads of our Tanks.

The above is a quote from actor George C. Scott, portraying one of my personal favorite military generals, General George S. Patton, who helped lead the Allies to victory in World War II.

I just recently (today, in fact) had the pleasure of watching the movie Patton with my fiance and mother-in-law-to-be. I've seen only a scant few WWII movies to date, but I can already tell you that Patton is one of my favorites. A very accurate portrayal of the firebrand general at his best and his worst, the movie highlights both his successes and his failures.

Of all, though, the most fun I got out of the movie was watching his introductory speech to the 3rd army that is given just as the movie starts. If only our Commissar-in-Chief had as much backbone as Patton had, we'd have already won in Afghanistan AND Iraq, instead of just Iraq.