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Josh Manchester, who blogs at....
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   ....[1]Adventures of Chester, published [2]an essay at TCS titled
   Unfrozen Caveman Voter. It's an interesting essay, but one particular
   item caught my eye.

     "Many of you have in your veins German and Italian blood. But
     remember that these ancestors of yours so loved freedom that they
     gave up home and country to cross the ocean in search of liberty.
     The ancestors of the people we shall kill lacked the courage to
     make such a sacrifice and remained slaves."

   I spent some time tracking the quote down, and, with the help of a
   librarian, determined that it first appeared in the NY Times on July
   17, 1943. The quote actually comes from General George S. Patton's
   secret order of the day, read to the troops by an unnamed colonel
   standing in a gun turret aboard a troop transport on the eve of their
   landing in Sicily.
   What struck me about General Patton's statement is that it seemed so
   profound and so apropos to today's world. We constantly hear how the
   world hates America, how we should try to understand why they are so
   angry. Perhaps Patton's statement, made on the eve of the landing of
   our troops in Sicily, contains the crux of the problem. We Americans
   hail from every country in the world, yet we are different. Our
   ancestors had the courage to leave home and the country of their birth
   and "cross the ocean in search of liberty".
   The people that stayed behind chose "safety" and slavery over freedom.
   Small wonder they despise us now. We stand as a daily testament to the
   cowardice of their forefathers.

References

   1. http://theadventuresofchester.com/
   2. http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=081606B