• Elysium [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    That has been the default response basically by war hawks going back to the Korean War. During the Korean War, somewhat famously(?) MacArthur was practically on his knees begging Truman to let him drop something like 50 nukes on the border of Korea/China to, I dunno, “warn” the Chinese(?). It didn’t happen, but not for a lack of desire from those in high command. Bunch of absolutely unhinged psychos

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        No, MacArthur wanted to create a nuclear border to stop Chinese troops from flowing into the penninsula, however, he was fired when after getting told “no, I’m not going to let you nuke the most populous communist nation” MacArthur called Truman a pansy ass “Jew in the White House” and stated that HE would personally discuss the peace terms of the Korean affair. Thats when Truman and the rest of the Joint Chiefs (which was also filled with bloodthirsty psychopaths) agreed MacArthur was being far too political with his statements.

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            3 days ago

            Things were getting way too woke already! Sure it was only like a decade after the Holocaust, but wtf, can’t they handle some politically incorrect heated language?!

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          Yes it’s incredibly funny the blooded and bloodthirsty cold war brass looked at MacArthur like he was glowing green.

          Shows how fucked up he was lmao