Chambers wrote:
> andrel wrote:
>> A couple of remarks:
>> - According to that most reliable source of wikipedia, it was Truman 
>> that fired MacArthur for disagreeing with him. So I would be surprised 
>> if he did not try to portrait him as an idiot. That is irrespective of 
>> whether he was right or wrong. Simply the case that a president fires 
>> a famous general dictates that the president should convince the 
>> public that he was much better equipped than the general.
> 
> Basically, it all came down to the fact that MacArthur wanted to go out, 
> fight, and win WWIII.
> 
> Truman did everything in his power to avoid an actual war - he thought 
> two World Wars were more than enough, and would rather see the conflict 
> played out on a smaller scale.  

Indeed, just what Truman would say ;)

> The Korean War (and, eventually, the 
> Vietnam War) were direct results of his policies in that respect, as was 
> the Cold War in general.
> 
> People blame our leadership for those confrontations, but fail to 
> realize that the alternative was all out war on a scale similar to, if 
> not larger than, WWII.
> 
> ...Chambers

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