WI: Patton doesn't get injured in car accident?

[Emperor Norton I]

Patton disliked politics, had no interest in holding office, and is therefore not going to be president nor try to be elected anything. This is not a cased of the "President [Popular Person]" trope, because Patton is so blatantly no a politician and not interested in becoming one.

[Bob in Pittsburgh]

"If you want to see Patton call JFK a 'Washington Sissy' on video, on national television, this is your chance."

I would doubt that Patton would heep such a criticism on the holder of the Navy Cross. Remember Patton won the Army equivilent the Distinguished Service Cross.

[BlairWitch749]

Originally Posted by mattep74

What about Truman dragging him out of retirement after sacking Mac in Korea?

replacing Mac because he couldn't control what he would say to the media, couldn't follow orders and was a general blowhard; with patton

the irony just made my head explode

[Emperor Norton I]

Frankly, Patton could be dead by Kennedy's time. He was born in 1885. He'd be 75 in 1960. His father lived to 71, his mother to 67.

[BlairWitch749]

Originally Posted by Emperor Norton I

Frankly, Patton could be dead by Kennedy's time. He was born in 1885. He'd be 75 in 1960. His father lived to 71, his mother to 67.

plus he had been a drunk nearly all of his adult life; that doesn't bode well for making it farther than he did

[unclepatrick]

Originally Posted by jmc247

Patton was in no way politician material, but he in my view had a far better reading of human history and human military history then the other important American generals in the war and certainly political leaders in Washington.

This make my wonder if Patton might have spend the 1950 as a Historian and Political Writer.
If he live, he would have certainly wrote his Autobiography and with his love of History , he could have written some military Histories. His combat experience should give him a interesting view of past Military Leaders and Battles. (Assuming he keep his belief in reincarnation out of his Histories)

His Political opinions would have interested many people and in the 50 as today there were many Political journals that would have love to print opinions from a formal general of Patton reputation.

[unclepatrick]

Originally Posted by superkuf

Patton would be to old and to eurocentric for Korea, which anyway is very bad tank country.

Politics and Patton would not mix. The question is if Patton would realize that or make some failed political attempts?

The biggest impact would be
a) Pattons memoirs, which were to be brutal and
b) his general comments on political events

Before Prague/Berlin 1948 the western (at least the US) were fairly friendly towards the Soviets. Patton could change that by his memoirs, other writings, speeches etc.

The view of WW2 would definetly be affected by a well written memoir/other books by Patton.

I don't know if Patton could change the friendly view of the Soviet that most American had, but I agree that he would have been a vocal spokesperson for the right.

[jmc247]

Originally Posted by unclepatrick

I don't know if Patton could change the friendly view of the Soviet that most American had, but I agree that he would have been a vocal spokesperson for the right.

Patton couldn't do it, hell Churchill the man who was lauded for warning about the Nazis ahead of time was panned in the U.S. for his Iron Curtain speech as an old warmonger who just wants to attack our ally Joe Stalin.

The top level of the U.S. government in the early to mid 40s saw Stalin as the enemy of my enemy which was correct, but they forgot that just because someone is fighting my current enemy doesn't make them my friend. So, they hyped Stalin into something he was not when they really didn't have to and then they bought into their own propaganda.

Churchill was somewhat hoodwinked by Stalin at times, but far less so then the U.S. government and as the war was rapping up he could plainly see that the Soviet's weren't going to play nice buddies for very long after Germany was finished off.