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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;charley, post: 6396037, member: 5372&quot;]The basis of the land based air assets availability was not a sitting duck situation. I posted prior to this post, where the historical facts and explanations can be found. The advanced knowledge is not as you portray.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the quote, I fail to understand the relevance. I assume, and hopefully incorrectly, that he was discounting the efforts o the U.S. military contributions as&nbsp; whole. Yes, he was a Caesar in word and deed and pride. What he was not was ignorant. One has to remember that the Philippine government did not trust&nbsp; The U.S., and did not trust POTUS. History explains quite well that there reasons were sound.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, MacArthur was trusted, and again because of sound reasons. POTUS was aware of this love relationship, and used it to the advantage of the U.S., and to the advantage of his political vision for the U.S. </p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting sideline to this, is the interweaving path crossing of the big six, including Bechtel, and&nbsp; certain companies, and, a very important part of the historical story, Bernard Baruch. </p><p><br /></p><p>The history of the Philippines in WW2 is a history of a true clash of the U.S. Titans, all with the same goal and sometimes in nefarious ways....the success of the U.S. and allied forces in all theaters of operation.</p><p><br /></p><p>MacArthur was a showboater. Granted. MacArthur was a glory hound. Granted. MacArthur was larger than life and definitely considered himself an American Caesar. Granted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I part company when the historical record is modified by anyone that wants to declare a dereliction of duty&nbsp; by MacArthur.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was a reason he received the call to command to the UN&nbsp; defense of South Korea. It was not because of any misstated and historical modification by uttering dereliction of duty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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