MacArthur wanted to invade and nuke China, and Patton thought we should have kept marching from Berlin to Moscow. Neither had any vision beyond military objectives, and that's dangerous when they're supposed to be subordinate to civilian authority.
Zach DorfmanContinuing my Korean War/Halberstam posting: It’s hard to convey how malignant Douglas MacArthur was, how anti-democratic, what a persistent threat to civil-military relations. Conversely, George Marshall was a man of towering integrity and wisdom.