[MrEdd]

But Douglas MacArthur wasn't a bit more egotistical than George Patton, and MacArthur made brilliant plans revolving around using logistics to force an enemy simply because his supplies were cut off whereas Patton didn't seem to give a crap how high his casualty rates were.

I think that there are simply a lot of historians who aren't capable of comprehending some of MacArthur's plans, and they blame their lack on him.

[yarddog]

MacArthur graduated number 1 in his class at West Point.

He just might have been pretty smart.

[Nothingburger]

Good point. Insufferable as MacArthur could be, everything I have read about his island hopping campaign in the South Pacific stresses how he always tried to minimize casualties. Whatever mistakes he made in the Philippines, he sure learned from the later in the war.

[fso301]

I think that there are simply a lot of historians who aren't capable of comprehending some of MacArthur's plans, and they blame their lack on him.

Some may be unable to comprehend but more often than not they are just doing what leftists do.

[jpsb]

MacArthur would be second on my list after Washington. He had is flaws but he was brilliant and brave. He was the most decorated American in WW1 even thou Perish did not like him (jealous over a woman). A general in WW1, theater commander in WW2 and supreme commander in Korea. No other American general had such longevity. But he made one terrible mistake and one very bad mistake. The terrible mistake was to not immediately hit the Japanese after Perl Harbor. The bad mistake was to lead the effort against the bonus marchers. Other than those two mistakes he had the most illustrious military career of any American Commander.