“Again you’re confusing actions that MacArthur wanted to take after the Chinese sent 300,000 troops into North Korea and attacked US troops. They committed an act of war and MacArthur was responding in the appropriate manner.”
I’m not confusing actions. Nevertheless, Mac wanted to expand the war by crossing into China which would have opened a whole new set of dynamics including a mobilization on par with WWII which would have included calling up tens of thousands of WWII vets. Five years after WWII, vets were busy with building careers, families, homes, raising kids and were in no mood to fight another war. Btw, Mac did propose crossing the Yalu to destroy supply depots prior to the Chinese invasion but the JCS would not approve it. So, there you have it.
>Btw, Mac did propose crossing the Yalu to destroy supply depots prior to the Chinese invasion but the JCS would not approve it. So, there you have it.
Prove it.
The only reference I found to MacArthur urging attacks on Chinese positions was bombing the bridges between North Korea and China before they could bring in supplies and their army. Truman refused him.