Exactly correct on all points. He, like McClellan were the perfumed princes of their times. Both were politically connected and both treated their subordinates and superiors in the same arrogant manner. Neither met a PR man they didn’t like.
Dugout Doug carefully built his mythology just like the Kennedy’s built their Camelot myth.
Why do you believe MacArthur was no more courageous or competent than JFK at the helm of PT-109?