To: NFHale
re Korea, a little known fact is that Truman secured the enemy flank by ordering the 7th fleet to patrol the Taiwan straight. Prior to Truman's securing the enemy flank the Chicoms had hundreds of thousand to troops there guarding against a possible invasion by Chai Ki Chech (sp?). Guess where those troops went once Truman assured the Chicoms there would be no invasion? Yup Korea, Truman was a complete fool. The general, just by threatening the Chinese flank, had taken the Chinese out of the picture and had victory in sight. Truman's stupidity cost tens of thousands of American lives. Oh and just prior to North Korea invading South Korea, Truman ordered Mac to withdraw all US forces from Korea and declared Korea outside the US sphere of influence. Basically saying the USA did not give a damn about Korea.
In any REAL history MacArthur was one of history's great commanders. He made mistakes for sure, but not many and not often. He has also the most decorated American of WW1, decorated for bravery in action.
40 posted on
01/31/2014 8:56:05 AM PST by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
To: jpsb
Truman, then Eisenhower abandoned some 6,000 MIAs from the war. Some were shipped to Russian gulags and some spent years in prison in North Korea.
41 posted on
01/31/2014 11:49:10 AM PST by
NKP_Vet
("I got a good Christian raisin', and 8th grade education, aint no need ya'll treatin' me this way")
To: jpsb
Sometimes, I have to wonder if the smearing of men like MacArthur is just more of the same BS that we’ve been subjected to by leftwing “teachers”.
Just one more American to tarnish, from OUR PEOPLE’s history, culture, traditions, and heritage.
43 posted on
01/31/2014 7:10:37 PM PST by
NFHale
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