I dont know about McArthur being a bad Genearal. He surely was full of himself...But so was Patton. And so was is Sharon. (ill be crusified for mentioning them togather... : ) And so were a bunch of Generals all through history. McArthur lost the Phillipins with overwhelming odds against him, after he alerted the US gov that he lacks the means to defend the Island. He also came back and beat the living heck out of the Japanese.

The Bulldozer, Oh God No!

Originally Posted by SHERMAN

I dont know about McArthur being a bad Genearal. He surely was full of himself...But so was Patton. And so was is Sharon. (ill be crusified for mentioning them togather... : ) And so were a bunch of Generals all through history. McArthur lost the Phillipins with overwhelming odds against him, after he alerted the US gov that he lacks the means to defend the Island. He also came back and beat the living heck out of the Japanese.

The best, most brilliant move that MacArthur ever did (IMO) was in the Korean War when he made the amphibious landing of of enormous proportions. In a single stroke he reverses the entire momentum of the War. Too bad his encour was crap: ignoring China's warnings and dragging China into the mess, then his brilliant "lets nuke China" strategy that could have put us into a full blown nightmare of a WW3 scenario.

Hey, who knows, If he had, maybe we wouldn't be In the mess we have today

yes..we could all be dead. very very dead.

or not.

I don't see why some people her care calling MacArthur one of the worst generals. Some of the stuff he did was no less than brilliant, Inchon for and the island hoping strategy in the pacific. We had alot worst generals, MacArthur was one of our best, I don't think he was the best but hes up there.

I agree with other here just because he was pompous doesn't mean he's bad.

Gladius, I suggest reading all the posts.........then you may have a more clear understanding.

I did read all the post even your long diatribe against him. You only listed his bad qualities and none of his good qualities. Totally one sided, not a fair acessment at all. It's kinda like asking an extreme ultra liberal hippie peacenick if they think George W. Bush is a good President, your going to get a totally one sided answer.

By the way how come you hate him so much, the stuff you were writting about him it seems almost personal. Was one of your relative affected by his descisions? If this is the case then I can see why you do hate him. But as far as Him being the worst General in US history, c'mon. Any unbiased person wiling to examing how well he did some brilliant as well as bad stuff, but certainly not all bad.

Irwin Mcdowell Union Army Of the Potomac.

Ok, I am with you on McDowell being bad. But what is your reasoning for him being the worst? Yes, he lost control at 1 Manassas (Bull Run) and had his amateur army routed by another one (being led by Johnston - not a bad leader), and he got embarrassed by Jackson in the valley, but what else really qualifies him as the WORST?I mean let's face it A LOT of Union Generals got embarrassed by Jackson - when they had better intel too. I am not saying you are wrong, I am only asking for your logic.