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* Douglas MacArthur, one of the most respected 5-star generals in American history. His loose-cannon ways eventually got him fired when he mouthed off about America's strategy in the Korean war.
** And by "mouthed off" we mean that he recommended launching a nuclear strike on China.
*** And kept doing so, in public, even after having been specifically ordered by the President of the United States to confine his inflammatory remarks to more private venues where they would not cause major diplomatic headaches. This is what eventually got him relieved of command -- being a hotheaded loudmouth is not necessarily a punishable offense, but disobeying a direct order from National Command Authority damn sure is.
* To be honest, the Australian Armed Forces, as a whole, during WWI. We HATED being ordered around by British officers and, as such, ignored them. A lot.
** Likewise, [[WW 2]], though not quite as bad. Old joke: in 1943, a British officer complains to a British general who'd served in the last war that a group of Australian soldiers didn't salute as he passed them. The old British general replies, "That's good news. Before, they'd've walked straight over you!"
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