General Douglas MacArthur wanted to A-bomb China in 1951 but was fired for the suggestion. Now we have a double no win situation where China has the winning hand in either a conflict between North and South Korea, and also with armed invasion of Taiwan. If North Korea pervails against South Korea, then Japan is threatened and/or attacked as well to settle old scores from Japanese invasion of China during WWII.
As the greatest US general said in 1951, “There is no substitute for victory.”
“As the greatest US general said in 1951”
You surely cannot mean MacArthur? He was a singularly incompetent general,,, probably a strong candidate for all time worst. His strongest trait was shameless self promotion and having his mommy promote him to politicians. He is not in the class of Grant, Patton, Pershing, Custer, Sherman, Ike, Kreuger, Bradley, Schwartzkopf, etc. If you want a great example,, Ridgeway who relieved him was so superior it is nearly embarrassing.
His defense of the PI was utterly amateurish, his slugfests in the pacific murdered tons of good men and wasted resources. They contributed very little to the ultimate outcome of the War. They had to give dugout doug a task where he couldn’t do much damage, but appear to be using him.
His vaunted landing at Inchon was something that would have been done by anyone who happened to have access to a Marine division and map. As the forces wiped out north Korea, his poor analysis and understanding of the situation are what triggered China to enter the war. His poor generalship and silly moves convinced China we intended not to stop at the border, and were going to cross into Manchuria.
Realistically, Without MacArthur, the Korean war would have been a 5 month war with no Chinese intervention,,,and it would have ended with a “Korea”.
And it’s sickening that he got a MOH for spending a few months underground in Corregidor and then leaving his men to their fate.
Those men would have never BECOME trapped in the Bataan peninsula in the hands of a competent general. He Faced forces smaller, weaker, and less logistically supported than his. So he “Generalled” them into about the only place the Japanese could have corned them into a siege. The Japanes General was amazed, and was utterly unprepared for the surrender of an entire army. They thought they were in for a tough battle. He stabbed those men in the back.