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re: History Nerds: Which U.S. military commander least deserved his fifth star?

Posted on 1/25/21 at 8:42 pm to
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 1/25/21 at 8:42 pm to
MacArthur and it's not close. Lost the Phillipines, nearly lost Korea, fired for insubordination.
Posted by Sisyphus
Member since Feb 2014
1824 posts
Posted on 1/25/21 at 8:46 pm to
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MacArthur and it's not close. Lost the Phillipines, nearly lost Korea, fired for insubordination


This is my choice also.

If he hadnt split the troops up so much or advanced to the Chinese border then the Korean peninsula might look very different today.
Posted by jonboy
Member since Sep 2003
7138 posts
Posted on 1/25/21 at 8:54 pm to
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MacArthur and it's not close.


He also had a plan to drop atomic bombs on 50 Chinese targets...considering circumstances today, it might not have been a bad idea after all.
Posted by thejudge
Westlake, LA
Member since Sep 2009
14070 posts
Posted on 1/25/21 at 9:31 pm to
Absolutely MacArthur.

The number of lives wasted for his campaign to satisfy his ego instead of bypassing most of that death following the Navy's plan really cements his place on the mountain of shite.

Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67497 posts
Posted on 1/26/21 at 5:32 am to
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MacArthur and it's not close. Lost the Phillipines, nearly lost Korea, fired for insubordination

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