"What Else MacArthur Said About Taiwan" Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 Sep 2024 4:52 p.m. PST |
"In an important and timely essay in Foreign Affairs, the Naval War College's Andrew Erickson, Gabriel Collins of Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Matt Pottinger, who served as President Trump's Deputy National Security Adviser, invoke General Douglas MacArthur to warn of the catastrophic consequences that would result from Communist China's takeover of Taiwan. In 1950, the authors note, in a top-secret memo written when MacArthur was overseeing the recovery and transformation of Japan from a militaristic imperial power to a democratic ally of the United States, MacArthur said that the fall of Taiwan (which was then commonly called "Formosa") "would be a disaster of utmost importance to the United States." "More than 70 years later," the authors write, "MacArthur's words ring truer than ever."…"
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| Tango01 | 06 Sep 2024 4:00 p.m. PST |
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