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Jeffrey Lord is blaming this crisis on John Kennedy and Dean Acheson (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2017 OP
Because they never own anything. Zoonart Aug 2017 #1
That's a stretch of the imagination! When he pointe a finger, 3 fingers are pointing shraby Aug 2017 #2
He's famous for his tortured historical whataboutisms BannonsLiver Aug 2017 #3
Why not Truman and Eisenhower? left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #4
I'd love to slap the shit out of him. roamer65 Aug 2017 #5
Me too! redwitch Aug 2017 #7
Not FDR? Remember: LINCOLN WAS A REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WinkyDink Aug 2017 #6
asshole. spanone Aug 2017 #8
Really. yardwork Aug 2017 #9
Really? gilligan Aug 2017 #10
No, MacArthur fucked up. Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #12
Why not blame MacArthur? Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #11
WTF!!!! They own this shit! Initech Aug 2017 #13

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
12. No, MacArthur fucked up.
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 08:25 PM
Aug 2017

He was told that going all the way to the Yalu would provoke the Chinese to get involved because of having US troops right on their border, and he didn't listen.

Kim Il Sung was defeated. North Korea was functionally nonexistent. If MacArthur had listened to Truman what was left of North Korea would be a sliver of land, if anything.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
11. Why not blame MacArthur?
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 08:23 PM
Aug 2017

If he'd just listened to Truman and done as he was instructed to, and not gotten so close to the Yalu river, North Korea as we know it today likely wouldn't exist.

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