The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to White People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agoIt's probably for the best though.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down110
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageIt's probably for the best though.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to White People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareobre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·3 days agoThis was said at the beginning of the Korean war about the Battle of Incheon which would take place a few months later
minus-squareGBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoShould be a giveaway considering the date, and location of the quote lol
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-23 days agoInteresting 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.
minus-squareRedAggroBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days agoNot too stupid. He wanted the world war back.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoI count that as pretty freaking stupid
minus-squareRedAggroBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThere’s far more malice than stupidity. I believe he was actually evil
minus-squareobre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoAlternate timeline: MacArthur defects to the axis, leads Imperial Japanese troops in the crushing of the 1950 Korean revolution.
This was said at the beginning of the Korean war about the Battle of Incheon which would take place a few months later
Should be a giveaway considering the date, and location of the quote lol
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.
Not too stupid. He wanted the world war back.
I count that as pretty freaking stupid
There’s far more malice than stupidity. I believe he was actually evil
Alternate timeline: MacArthur defects to the axis, leads Imperial Japanese troops in the crushing of the 1950 Korean revolution.