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It's probably for the best though. (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Should be a giveaway considering the date, and location of the quote lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Interesting quote from the time period, given his other hot takes from the Korean War were "Let's Nuke Half of China"

He actually got removed from command because he was genuinely too stupid to realize the USSR wouldn't let that happen without retaliation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not too stupid. He wanted the world war back.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I count that as pretty freaking stupid

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

There's far more malice than stupidity. I believe he was actually evil

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Alternate timeline: MacArthur defects to the axis, leads Imperial Japanese troops in the crushing of the 1950 Korean revolution.