answer:It’s hard to know what one would have done in a position of supreme power (in the US, apparently), since presidents are informed about things (and in ways) that none of us will be privy to for decades, centuries, or possibly “ever”. But I would have sacked MacArthur during WWII. The man was far too full of himself. The Navy strategy would have gotten us to Japan 8–12 months earlier without the Philippine bloodbath that MacArthur insisted was necessary.