Posted by oldtanker on October 14, 2018 at 22:36:05 from (66.228.255.59):
In Reply to: I like Ike posted by Ultradog MN on October 14, 2018 at 09:03:30:
UD I like a bunch of the stuff you post but IMO Ike was over his head as a general and lackluster as a president.
Mac claimed that "Ike was the best clerk I ever had". Problem with that statement is that it was made about Ike as his chief of staff. A Col. Clerks are enlisted personnel. Basically that should have stopped Ike from from any more promotions. Had WWII not come along when it did Ike would have retired without ever wearing stars.
"Although his administrative abilities had been noticed, on the eve of the U.S. entry into World War II he had never held an active command and was far from being considered as a potential commander of major operations."
He didn't make general (first star) until Sep 1941 and had never been in combat. Hardly a reason to make him the supreme allied commander. There are many, myself included that think he was too ready to cave into Churchill's demands. I don't think that because of the Patton/Monty issues. I think his willingness to go along with "Churchill's soft underbelly" in Italy was darn near criminal. There was nothing of military significance in Italy to justify the loss of life there much less the expenditure of arms and ammunition. There were also times when he should have relieved both Patton and Monty for failure to follow orders and or insubordination.
Ikes decision to go ahead with the Normandy invasion when he was was bold! And a decision he was willing to take the blame for if it had failed. That has to be respected.
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