I’m not the biggest MacArthur fan. He sucked as a General except for his masterful handling of the occupation of Japan. He did that in a manner that nobody else could have come close.
But I am beginning to think that 15 or 20 nukes just across the Yalu to hit airfields, marshaling and transport centers might have changed the world for the better.
In 1950/51 the Soviet threat was nowhere near powerful enough to be dangerous like it was in the early 60s.
MacArthur planned and led the Inchon Landing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon
GOOD!!!!
But he later went crazy!!!!
Yes, we made some mistakes in the Korean War. But we contained communism, which was the whole point!!!!
Harry Truman was vilified in 1952, largely because of the war. But he was later recognized as a great President (Not just the Korean war, but the Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, NATO, etc., and the beginning of the post-war prosperity)!!!!