Friday, April 18, 2008

Class

This week bought up a proposed invasion that I never heard about before and I have to wonder why the US did not go through with it, which was the invasion of Formosa. I seems to me that the US could have avoided several other smaller invasions and had one larger invasion and accomplished the same purpose. In addition, the more I hear and read about MacArthur I can’t believe that he was left in command. The man was just a glory hound that did not care about the Allies’ agenda, only his own. His actions in the Philippines, by passing his field of commanders and issuing orders to lower commanders was just b.s. Moreover, the attack he ordered on Manila just cost Americans lives and gained nothing.

1 comment:

Amy said...

I agree, it seems that Formosa would have solved more problems and with only one invasion. After hearing about the decision, I wondered if Nimitz had presented after MacArthur whether or not MacArthur's plan would have been choosen. And while I understand there will always be rivalries between different armed services, but it seems that it would be more efficient if MacArthur would have worked together with the navy, especially in times of war.