being an old fart and living at the time ... MacArthur was correct and Truman was incorrect ... another case of the field commanders being over ridden by the Whitehouse ... and no MacArthur IMHO had never wanted to run for President ... MacArthur kept in mind that he WAS FIGHTING A WAR ... how many safe haven's were there in WWII were the ememy was allowed to cross over - shoot you up and return safely?
Truman created such a situation ... and Johnson followed suite ...