The Picard Maneuver to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 11 months agoIt's probably for the best though.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down111
arrow-up1191arrow-down1imageIt's probably for the best though.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 11 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-square@obre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•11 months agoThis was said at the beginning of the Korean war about the Battle of Incheon which would take place a few months later
minus-square@GBU_28@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish10•11 months agoShould be a giveaway considering the date, and location of the quote lol
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilink5•edit-211 months 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-square@RedAggroBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•11 months agoNot too stupid. He wanted the world war back.
minus-square@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilink5•11 months agoI count that as pretty freaking stupid
minus-square@RedAggroBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•11 months agoThere’s far more malice than stupidity. I believe he was actually evil
minus-square@obre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•11 months 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.