Would MacArthur Support Japan’s Moves Toward Constitutional Revision?

https://www.thetrumpet.com/article/12308.2.0.0/world/military/would-macarthur-support-japans-moves-toward-constitutional-revision ^

[2ndDivisionVet]

He’s dead Jim.

[Thistooshallpass9]

Yes, he’s dead, and now the U.S. is led by a class of policymakers who have far less vision and experience.

[CharlesOConnell]

He attacked the WWI Bonus Marchers. He couldn’t kick out FDR, they tried to buy Old Gimlet Eye, who went to Congress.

[Star Traveler]

We need Japan as an offset to China, in the future.

[montag813]

Before and during World War ii, Japan authored some of the worst brutality in mankind’s history. The wartime ruthlessness and fanaticism of the Japanese was largely driven by their belief that their emperor, Hirohito, was a god destined to rule the world. State Shinto became the national religion, promoting an ideology of Japanese racial superiority and the notion that Hirohito was divinity. These ideologies became the mantras of school curricula and were trumpeted in Japan’s civic life. The toxicity of this faith made many Japanese virtually incapable of surrendering—even in the face of insurmountable odds.

Sounds like any Islamic Republic.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

MacArthur (PBUH) was no dummy.

China’s full-scale civil war resumed in 1946, a year after the end of hostilities with Japan. His assumption would have been that a communist China would ally with the Soviet Union, presenting a huge threat.

So he not only wanted Japan rebuilt, he wanted it rebuilt in a hurry. Truman realized that the use of the atomic bombs on Japan would not be missed by the Soviet Union, who up to then had demanded a division of Japan like Korea. But that deterrent would not last for long.

And MacArthur (PBUH) wanted to use atom bombs against the Chinese in Korea as well.

So the bottom line: China threatens Japan, so a militarized Japan is a-ok.

[Sivad]

That MacArthur attacked the 1932 Bonus Marchers is
a lie. I had a family friend who witnessed the Bonus
March and this gentleman was an active duty Marine so
he had no particular affection for Mac. Less than ten
years later this friend encountered MacArthur again
in the Philippines. As to the rest...kicking out FDR?...
...Old Gimlet Eye? Gibberish

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Would MacArthur Support Japan’s Moves Toward Constitutional Revision?

Quite frankly, who cares?

MacArthur made his share of mistakes. And now is not 70 years ago.

Right now I am worried about China. A armed and ready Japan provides a nice counter balance in Asia.

[Cry if I Wanna]

An armed and ready Japan provides a nice counter balance in Asia.

I agree. WWII is long over and Japan is our ally. Time to let 'em loose and help us out.

[Thistooshallpass9]

That’s a fair point... At present, it appears that letting Japan rearm would present the lesser danger.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

70 years ago I would have been against letting Japan have more then a Defense Force. In fact I would have put some major restraints on even that. But that was then, this is now.

Japan has civilized quite nicely, (for the most part!)

And O-bummer has shown that he will NOT stand up for civilization. There are a number of nice freedom loving people in Asia and they need to be armed to defend themselves.

[castlegreyskull]

Would Japan changing its constitution in such a way have possible consequences to our alliance with them? I imagine that it would, but I really don’t know.

[Antoninus II]

We need Japan as an offset to China, in the future.

The not too distant future.

My fear is that the youth of Japan have become too Westernized.

[DesertRhino]

There are photos of him attacking the bonus army.

[onedoug]

McArthur’s worst catastrophe was his alignment of parked planes allowing essentially his entire air force to be destroyed on the ground in the Philippines. William Manchester in his “American Caesar” has him going into a sort of detachment from which he seemed unable to recover in the moment, and thus lost whatever contact he may have had with his command...such that it mattered.

He was a complex self-promoter (Dugout Doug), but I also think he turned from disaster to become one of America’s great strategists.

One cannot listen to his “Duty Honor Country” speech at West Point (1966?) and not hear his exhortations to the Corps - the Long Grey Line - while simultaneously thanking God for the honor of having so served his country.

[Sivad]

Pictures? Show ‘em.

The friend of my family who defends MacArthur worked
at the Marine armory. He followed the whole procession.
Mac provided buses for the Bonus Marchers. There were
other, non Vet thugs who placed themselves in the midst
of everything. My acquaintance, Jerry Sams, said the media
totally overblew the matter. Sound familiar? Jerry, a life
long Republican was featured in a book authored by his wife,
Margaret called Forbidden Family about their life as WWII
prisoners of the Japanese in the Philippines.

[Thistooshallpass9]

Yes, it could potentially kindle nationalistic sentiments in Japan that would increase the movement to oust American troops from the nation, and eventually rupture the alliance. Many analysts view the push to rewrite the constitution as the first step down that slippery slope.

[castlegreyskull]

Thank you for your response. I meant more along the lines that it would be a direct violation of the requirements of our alliance.

I personally wouldn’t be surprised if they have the parts and material in warehouses to construct a 200 ship fleet in the matter of a year if they needed to.

[okie01]

I personally wouldn’t be surprised if they have the parts and material in warehouses to construct a 200 ship fleet in the matter of a year if they needed to.

Or assemble fifty A-bombs in thirty days...if they needed to.