• @Carmakazi
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    2114 hours ago

    My limited understanding is that he presided over two of our largest scale military embarrassments, so I don’t know why he’s looked upon so fondly by history.

    • @PugJesusOPM
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      2214 hours ago

      NCD, at least, likes him because he wanted to use NUKES, and that always gets NCD approval.

      As for the rest of society? Fucked if I know. “Sunglasses and corncob pipe cool” I guess. I’m inclined to agree with President Truman, that MacArthur was a dumb sonofabitch and that he didn’t respect civilian authority.

      • erin
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        814 hours ago

        who wanted the most to use funny mushroom? McArthur or LeMay?

        • @cfi
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          513 hours ago

          MacArthur since he was going behind Truman’s back and working with other countries to bring about his aims.

      • @meeeeetch
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        413 hours ago

        A dumb sunuvabitch who didn’t respect civilian authority and you don’t know why a lot of the rest of society seems to love him?

    • @[email protected]
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      514 hours ago

      I have nothing but distain for the mother fucker. But I think people like him for the same reasons they like Trump. He had panache.

  • @TwoBeeSan
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    613 hours ago

    My grandfather becomes irate at the mention of him.

    Hard to like anyone with his own pr team. Or with such an overbearing mother. Or you know those other things…

    Didn’t patton want to send tanks to Moscow post ww2?