Mauling MacArthur: Time to bring the Old Soldier home?

Townhall.com ^ | October 17, 2005 | Peter Brookes

[Cicero]

Riot police stand guard before General MacArthur's statue (China Daily)

[Semper Paratus]

Mac and the other 30,000 should come home and let the ROK deal with that wack job in Pyongyang.

[Gay State Conservative]

There's a simple solution here...every single solitary member of the US Armed Forces who is currently stationed should be pulled out....

NOW!

[ncountylee]

OK with me and all the troops there too.

[brownsfan]

I have no idea why we wouldn't abandon these ingrates.

I wonder what they'll think of America when North Korea takes over, and they're eating tree bark like their northern neighbors?

[DogBarkTree]

I will join the DU crowd on this and demand we bring them home now. Bring them home from S Korea that is. Let the fish heads fend for themselves.

[Hank Rearden]

If South Korea can't figure out how to defend itself from starving Commies who eat grass after all these years, why the hell are we wasting our money and people there?

War is the Health of the State

[zek157]

The elderly population loves americans for what they did. It's the student protesters that are anti-american to the core. Our own students are indoctrinated with BS anti-american values. not much different imho.

[sandydipper]

I have long thought that MacArthur was a pompous, arrogant chicken sh*t - Leave the self glorifying statute and bring our service men home.

[alarm rider]

MacArthur was right about Korea/China. Truman was afraid of the Russians, and too enamored of the UN. That led to a difference in the way we fight and how we think of wars. It was not good then and is not now.

It's time South Korean stood on it's on. I agree, we need our soldiers elsewhere. Tell South Korea, "We are leaving and taking our stuff with us, don't call us, get a clue".

Being ungrateful when you have had it handed to you for so long is expected, and having someone say to you, "no more" should be expected also.

[brownsfan]

"The elderly population loves americans for what they did. It's the student protesters that are anti-american to the core. Our own students are indoctrinated with BS anti-american values. not much different imho."

Then when we leave them to be ruled by that nutcase in North Korea, they will learn a bitter lesson that we should heed. Be careful what you teach your children, one day they will set the direction of your country. (And you may be around to see what happens).

[Redbob]

The pompous, arrogant SOB was Truman.

[sgtbono2002]

Truman was not pompous nor arrogant he was President and MacArthur refused to obey orders. MacArthur was a great soldier but he was too big for his britches and it got him fired. Whether he was right or not doesnt enter into the equation. The President is Commander in Chief and soldiers take orders. Macarthur's statue should be brought home , but not to the Mall . It should go to West Point. After all didnt Macarthur once say his thoughts were of the Corps. The Corps. and the Corps.?

[dagnabbit]

West Point already has a MacArthur statue.

[zek157]

dipper The world would be a far better place if Macarthur and Curtis LeMay were unleashed. SAC kept the Soviets at bay until they fell. Chicken Scat indeed! What will your personal legacy be?

[Zack Nguyen]

Pro-American Koreans have spoken up, too. Indeed, 10,000 of them, including South Korean Marine vets, headed to Inchon on the 15th to guard the statue on the anniversary...

God bless them.

[UnklGene]

MacArthur at Inchon: 1950

[Zack Nguyen]

Truman was not pompous nor arrogant he was President and MacArthur refused to obey orders.

As I understand it, it was more MacArthur advocating through public statements a different policy than Truman wanted. I agree, it's definitely insubordination if nothing else.