This is the correct action.
Agreed.
Yes, correct action. Believe it or not, readiness level is classified information and letting that information out in the public domain is a big no no.
It is only half of the correction action. The second half of the correct action would be to cashier him out of the Navy.
Agreed. The admiral who made the decision originally came out for reinstatement. Additional information led him to recommend not reinstating. Military decisions are not made on the basis of popular opinion. Much of the popular opinion in military command and political circles was outrage at the firing of MacArthur for repeatedly contradicting the orders of the President, his commander in chief. Among a lot of the troops on the ground and those who had served under his thumb before had a different opinion but only the opinion of his CINC mattered.
Amen!
..”This is the correct action”...
Yes. He should have never gone outside the chain of command, who were already addressing the problem.