He is NOT Douglas MacArthur. Truman, as much as I disagree with his actions on many things, did exactly the right thing in relieving MacArthur of his command.
I think what he said is perfectly reasonable...
“I think what he said is perfectly reasonable...”
It’s not reasonable when you are a General on active duty.
Here is a quote from the interview:
“if at any time someone wanted someone else’s best professional military advice, I’d be happy to allow that to happen. “
His use of the word “Allow” bothers me a great deal.
Under civilian control of the military, it is not his choice to allow or disallow anything. For a general to say this is problematic. Maybe he meant something else, but this is not right.