Why the economic meltdown? Leaders lead to expectations
October 14, 2008 by Miki Saxon
It is the rare leader who leads beyond what is expected of him.Those who do are often labeled as unfit to lead and dismissed.
There are not that many examples of such rare leaders. General MacArthur was certainly one. He stood up to President Truman, who was quite happy to play at war in Korea without winning it, which cost many thousands of lives for no real gain. Gen. MacArthur’s dismissal by the President was a terrible blow to his honorable record of service throughout World War II, an embarrassment to the Army he commanded, and the beginning of an approach …read more