History shows that General MacArthur (Commander of the United Nations' force in Korea) favored a decisive action against North Korea so that communism would be completely wiped out of that country.
On the other hand, President Truman wanted to simply repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea by merely stopping North Korea without involving an all-out war with the then Soviet Union.
What are the differences in the responses of MacArthur and Truman?
According to history, Truman feared that pushing deeply into North Korea to overthrow the communist party would incur China's wrath and bring the Soviet Union into an all-out war, causing the third world war. For MacArthur, World War III had begun and it was the responsibility of the U.S. to wage the war because there was "no substitute for victory."
While President Truman could be right, he was heavily criticized for his ill-advised position. I concur with MacArthur that President Truman should have used the Korean War to finish communism and its evils.
However, we all know that wars were never won. The right weapons for winning communism were offered at Fatima Portugal in 1917.
Thus, when we review the moves of Russian Putin in Ukraine today, we must agree with MacArthur that World War III had started a long time ago.
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