Question : What disadvantages did MacArthur face ?
Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) was an American general who commanded the Southwest Pacific in World War II (1939-1945), oversaw the successful Allied occupation of postwar Japan and led United Nations forces in the Korean War (1950-1953). A larger-than-life, controversial figure, MacArthur was talented, outspoken and, in the eyes of many, egotistical. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1903 and helped lead the 42nd Division in France during World War I (1914-1918). He went on to serve as superintendent of West Point, chief of staff of the Army and field marshal of the Philippines, where he helped organize a military. During World War II, he famously returned to liberate the Philippines in 1944 after it had fallen to the Japanese. MacArthur led United Nations forces during the start of the Korean War, but later clashed with President Harry Truman over war policy and was removed from command.
It took only 77 years. I am counting from the independence in 1776 until the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. (the last purchase was small and the continental US had almost it's present size in 1848 with Mexican Cession.
In my opinion it is a positive development that the vice president's resppnsibilities have increased. The reason is that in this way the vice president can demonstrate and prove that he is able to be in charge of the government in case anything happened to the president.
