His comments about Nazi's, Republicans and Democrats being the same cost him the Third Army. However, his comments werent that far off. He was only saying that you had to choose to join the Nazi Party just as you would choose to become a Republican or Democrat (leave it to the media to screw something up). What is everyones opinion on the slapping incident? It is obvious that he had a strong dislike for cowards as he wouldnt even allow them to be in the same hospital as those who were wounded in combat. Also this was a man who believed had always been a warrior in past lives (reincarnation).

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The soldier above all others prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. General Douglas Macarthur