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"Macarthur had said it was impossible for China to invade Korea."

And he was right, but little to he realize that Truman would send the 7th fleet to secure the Chicom flank...

It's really hard for me to believe Macarthur could possibly understand Chinese military abilities if he couldn't even follow US military strategy.

Well the US military strategy did not make any sense, at least not if the goal was to win the war. Having the 7th patrol the Taiwan straights freed up almost the entire Chicom army for duty in Korea. That move by Truman almost got us defeated in Korea.

Those of you knocking MacArthur for trying to win must be big fans of fighting not to win, yall must love wars like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan because it all starting with Truman in Korea, MacArthur was fired because he was trying to win the war. He got tired of Trumans "rules of engagement" like telling him he could only bomb the southern half of the bridges over the Yalu river, and went public.