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5.  The Inchon Landing was definitely unconventional.  In the military, operations are often called either a “risk” (somewhat risky) or a “gamble” (extremely risky but with a good payoff if successful).  Due to the risky tides, the need to land safely, (as in any amphibious operation) and the fact that Communists would surround the Americans, it was a gamble.  Was it logical?  Yes.  The Americans faced no better fate being surrounded near Pusan than being surrounded at Inchon.  It goes to show what a bad situation were in, that a gamble operation could hardly be worse than staying where we were!  Did MacArthur being homeschooled, and Truman being public schooled, have anything to do with the situation, or the war in general?  From MacArthur’s end, perhaps.  Being homeschooled can’t hurt in developing the kind of traits he had.  However, to portray Truman as a dumb, jealous (public-schooled) man is not totally accurate; Truman’s ultimate problem with MacArthur was his defiance to the Executive Branch, and in the end, Truman’s firing of MacArthur can be construed as a defense against Marshal Law.

5.  The Inchon Landing was definitely unconventional.  In the military, operations are often called either a “risk” (somewhat risky) or a “gamble” (extremely risky but with a good payoff if successful).  Due to the risky tides, the need to land safely, (as in any amphibious operation) and the fact that Communists would surround the Americans, it was a gamble.  Was it logical?  Yes.  The Americans faced no better fate being surrounded near Pusan than being surrounded at Inchon.  It goes to show what a bad situation were in, that a gamble operation could hardly be worse than staying where we were!  Did MacArthur being homeschooled, and Truman being public schooled, have anything to do with the situation, or the war in general?  From MacArthur’s end, perhaps.  Being homeschooled can’t hurt in developing the kind of traits he had.  However, to portray Truman as a dumb, jealous (public-schooled) man is not totally accurate; Truman’s ultimate problem with MacArthur was his defiance to the Executive Branch, and in the end, Truman’s firing of MacArthur can be construed as a defense against Marshal Law.