On Nov 4, 11:00 am, Chuck Gould wrote:

Why would MacArthur change his view after the war was over?
He may have waited to express his opinion, but what could have
possibly happened to change his view entirely?

One possibility is that after the war he had greater knowledge of
Japan's plans.

During the war, Japan's intention to surrender was a lot less clear
that it was after the war.


Another possibility is that during the war he wanted the fighting to
continue until he had a chance to personally lead an invasion of Japan
(like Ike led an invasion of Europe), and after the war he saw some
sort of political advantage to voicing an opinion that Japan would
have surrendered anyway.