Is there a basis for this tale of Eisenhower blessing & Patton's curse?
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This is obviously a fairy tale.
- Patton didn't die in a taxi, but was injured in a car accident in his own staff car. He died due to complications of his injuries.
- Eisenhower became president in 1953. It's not impossible he planned to run for president in the future, but 8 years in advance is stretching it.
- The story comes from ultra orthodox sources. In general, not exactly unbiased, to say the least. (The same applies to any ultra orthodox whatever, not necessarily Jews.)
- There are no independent sources (staff officers, attendants, journalists) confirming the story.
- It fits the expected narrative: Eisenhower, not antisemitic: good and Patton, antisemitic: bad. Eisenhower is rewarded, Patton is punished. The rabbi couldn't curse all the guards of his camp? Why his liberator?
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