“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”.
If you put Custer up with names like Patton and Pershing, it really damages your credibility when you criticize “Dugout Doug”.
Custer was a fancy-boy fool who’s ego got his troopers needlessly slaughtered at his last battle.