Nicely put. Ya it is easy to say we should have gone Patton's way. Ya, he was right, but think about the carnage if we has asked our boys to stay and continue the fight? OMG!
It's a sad situation alright! Seems one part of the world takes one step ahead, but others take two steps back. So sad...
Thank you for your comments M-1. By January of 1945 the Red Army was the largest, most powerful and well armed fighting force in the world, bearing no resemblance to the confused and poorly lead force that was quickly defeated by the Nazi Blitzkrieg in June of 1941. They were battle hardened veterans who had been fighting for over four years and four tough Winters. Hitler tried to wage a war of attrition with Stalin and Germany lost 75% of it's troops in the process. Had we done what Patton suggested we and the Western Allies would have most likely shared Germany's fate. Thank God that the voice of reason prevailed! 
