Omar N. Bradley Quotes
The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy.
General Douglas MacArthur had proposed extending the Korean War into China.
Omar N. Bradley, 1893-1981, General of the Army, Permanent Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Senate Testimony, May 1951
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Carter, who had his own share of blunders, may well have been right about this. History will have to judge.
MacArthur wanted to widen the Korean war and use nuclear weapons against Communist China, after erroneously assuring Truman and other American leaders that his tactics in North Korea would not cause Chinese troops to enter the war. MacArthur would not obey the orders of the civilian government and was thus fired.
Omar Nelson Bradley was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, holding the rank of General of the Army. Bradley was the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War.
