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Imagine making Patton look progressive ๐Ÿ˜ฌ (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Ok but from an imperialism perspective Douglas "trail of cobalt between Korea and China" MacArthur was worse than many supervillains. MacArthur was completely insane by the standards of American generals in the Korean and Vietnam wars.