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Remembering Douglas MacArthur: Was He A Trump-like Flawed Genius?
https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/ ^ | 26th January, 2023, American time | Ozguy1945

Posted on 01/26/2023 9:56:03 AM PST by Ozguy1945

Its is Douglas MacArthurs 143rd birthday.

Was he the 1950's equivalent of Donald Trump?

The times when he showed great leadership were many.

He modernised Wrest Point, asking when he had recently begun the task post World War One, "Why are we still preparing for the War Of 1812?"

He resisted Australians who wanted to betray their own country in WW2 and surrender half the continent to Japan above the Brisbane line because he knew the all conquering Japanese were over extended and could be beaten.

He did that aged in his 60s with island hopping strategic brilliance.

In his 70's he was again strategically brilliant with calculated risk at Incheon.

He defied Truman and the chain of command by publicly pushing for victory against a North Korean government whose continued existence still bedevils the world.

At his worst he was bombastic and arrogant alienating many but not all of those around and inder him.

My late friend Lt Rob Iskov, from Australia's 2nd 14th battalion in which my dad served in WW2, said of MacArthur's often maligned arrogance, that at that time, "We had to have a figurehead."

In 1952 MacArthur was keynote speaker at the RNC but was annihilated by Ike in going for the presidency.

Was MacArthur at all Trumpian in publicly taking on Truman?

To what extent are Donald Trump's weaknesses (compared with DeSantis) like those of MacArthur compared with Ike?


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; decline; ike; learnhowtopost; macarthur; morality; vanity
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1 posted on 01/26/2023 9:56:03 AM PST by Ozguy1945
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To: Ozguy1945

“It is Douglas MacArthur’s 143rd birthday.”

Does he still vote Democrat?


2 posted on 01/26/2023 10:00:55 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Ozguy1945

could you include Generals like Curtis Lemay in that list, people who fought total war to win.

Curtis LeMay who ordered fire bombing of Japanese cities killing 100s of thousands of civilians in the process could have been charged with war crimes had the USA lost the war.


3 posted on 01/26/2023 10:02:38 AM PST by srmanuel (t)
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To: Ozguy1945

He modernised Wrest Point

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Wrest Point needed it.


4 posted on 01/26/2023 10:02:45 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Ozguy1945
Another way MacArthur was like Trump:

I shall return!



5 posted on 01/26/2023 10:03:49 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Ozguy1945
Yes. General MacArthur and President Trump tend to speak their minds and let the chips fly where then may.

MacArthur would have finished off Red China once and for all, but his hands were tied.

6 posted on 01/26/2023 10:04:14 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Ozguy1945

My gut reaction is that Trump is more like Patton than MacArthur, but I can see the connections.

On the one hand we would never have saved Korea without his brilliant strategy and willingness to risk. On the other hand, we would have saved many lives if we had followed Nimitz’s plan to bypass the Philippines and strangled the main Japanese islands, without having to try to take over the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa before forcing Japan’s surrender in August 1945 via the bomb and the Russian invasion of Manchuria.


7 posted on 01/26/2023 10:04:35 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Ozguy1945

You can argue about his military abilities, but his greatest achievement was seeing through Japan’s post-WWII transformation.


8 posted on 01/26/2023 10:04:37 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ozguy1945

Its is Douglas MacArthurs 143rd birthday.

Was he the 1950’s equivalent of Donald Trump?

The times when he showed great leadership were many.

He modernised Wrest Point……..

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Hmm, two major errors so far. I stopped reading right here in order to recommend you get an editor.


9 posted on 01/26/2023 10:05:43 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

10 posted on 01/26/2023 10:06:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ozguy1945

Donald Trump’s main weakness is being too forgiving of those who surrounded him only to stab him in the back at every opportunity, such as the ignoble Mikey Pence, but there are many more as well.


11 posted on 01/26/2023 10:06:59 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Tell It Right

They have ego in common that’s for sure. 😏


12 posted on 01/26/2023 10:10:13 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Ozguy1945

Got run out of the Philippines. Got run out of South Korea.....TWICE. Got his butt handed to him by the Chinese in North Korea. Got fired for insubordination.

War hero?


13 posted on 01/26/2023 10:11:58 AM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Land is simply a place I visit until I can return to the sea.)
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To: Robert DeLong

Yep. I heard it said recently that DJT has a blind spot when it comes to “human resources”.

I couldn’t agree more, and refusing to shitcan fauci when Peter Navarro literally begged him to early on during covid is a perfect example.


14 posted on 01/26/2023 10:13:32 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Ozguy1945

Everybody’s flawed.

The Left just hates strong and successful male leaders.


15 posted on 01/26/2023 10:18:02 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Ozguy1945

Ask GEN David Petraeus. Biggest ego I ever saw in uniform.
He acts like he thinks he’s Douglas MacArthur reincarnated.

He isn’t.


16 posted on 01/26/2023 10:19:51 AM PST by SharpenedEdge (Stockpile. Prepare. Arm. Train. A Storm is coming.)
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To: Ozguy1945

“He resisted Australians who wanted to betray their own country in WW2 and surrender half the continent to Japan above the Brisbane line ... “

If true, shame on those Aussies.


17 posted on 01/26/2023 10:23:15 AM PST by aculeus
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To: Ozguy1945

Many historians believe that MacArthur was suffering from dementia during and after the Korean War.


18 posted on 01/26/2023 10:23:25 AM PST by rexthecat
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
You forgot Inchon…you can’t complain about the faults without recognizing the strategic brilliance he possessed.

I considered myself nothing more than an average officer, but once I figured out “the game”, I.e. what I could get away with out in the field, I welcomed tactical evaluations. For me, it was showtime!

19 posted on 01/26/2023 10:23:28 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Ozguy1945

Macarthur was DAMN lucky at Inchon.


20 posted on 01/26/2023 10:24:01 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it. )
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