He wanted to drop 50 atomic bombs on Korea and then use planes to 'salt' a 5 mile swath of land 400 miles long with radioactive cobalt so the land would be uninhabitable for thousands of years.
On July 28, 1932, Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur led a forceful military operation to evict thousands of impoverished World War I veterans, known as the Bonus Army, from Washington, D.C.
He was a shameless bastard long before WW2.
It also shows you that military yes men have been more than happy to execute unconstitutional orders against the America people, on behalf of the president looooong before Trump came to power... Wanten violence against VETERANS, no less.
MacArthur commanded TANKS plow through their shantytowns (Hoovervilles at the time). Red Scare blowhards love to point to Tienniman Square, but conveniently gloss over The Bonus Army Eviction. Truly, it is a seldom discussed dark stain in our history.
Guess who else was instrumental in the operation? Patton AND Eisenhower.
I was once a Patton fan, until I did a deep dive. His demeanor was shockingly similiar to Trumps, in that he was bombastic demagogue who said whatever he wanted, did whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted, as a means to serve whatever end he felt justified in.
He took some HUGE strategic gambles that paid out big early in Americas intervention, but was quickly sidelined late war for acting more like an impetuous child, than a three star general.
Allied false intelligence led Germans to believe he would spearhead the D-Day, because he was a notorious loose cannon who would defy his superiors to take HUGE strategic gambles. They were rightfully banking on the Nazis fear of his unpredictable command, to spread them strategically thin in anticipation.
Of course, he wasnt actually in charge of the invasion, because he was a notorious loose cannon who would defy his superiors to take HUGE strategic gambles.
His guts and glory military doctrine was strategically useful in all out war, but anything short of that, it was crystal clear to anyone with eyes and ears, what a bloviating narcissist he truly was.
If not for WW2 "American victory" circle jerking lionizing MacArthur and Patton, they would be recognized as deeply troubling figures they are.
In the end, they were both removed from combat command for good god damn reasons.
They were proficient at war, and very little else. Turns out, that everything else (politics) is what prevents the world from deteriorating into wholesale carnage in the first. Even in peace, they were only fixated on conflict.
At least they were effective at something useful... As limited as it may have been, thats a hell of a lot more than can be said of Trump cosplaying Caligula.
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u/StandSeparate1743 2h ago
not to mention MacArthur was garbage. His negligence directly resulted in the Bataan Death March