JAILillegalEMPLOYERS (October 5, 2008 at 12:08 am)

You got that right! It's ironic that he gave this speech on television- and that very invention was going to ensure that we DO NOT have an alert, knowlegeable citizenry!

jackson32 (September 28, 2008 at 5:18 am)

Eisenhower was supreme allied commander. He should have said no to this operation. If he was fired and his career ruined, so what, we're talking big time war crimes here. Of course most of these people don't get to these positions unless they have no conscience. The last president we had that truly upheld the constitution - upheld natural rights - was Grover Cleveland. Everyone in the chain of command for that decision, who did not stand up against it, is partly responsible for war crimes.

ilalfisto (September 27, 2008 at 10:27 am)

Others outside of Europe were also abandoned to the USSR - eg North Korea haunts us to this day...

ilalfisto (September 27, 2008 at 10:04 am)

The Right regards Reagan as a hero, and Eisenhower as a sellout. The Left regards Kennedy as a hero, and Carter as a weak failure. These are the blanket judgments that I suggest should be re-examined - the TRUTH is more complicated. And while ALL the people of Eastern Europe were shamefully abandoned after WW2, surely Eisenhower cannot be held responsible for that DECISION, any more than a soldier driving a truck. Or if he can, educate me. I really want to know.

jackson32 (September 27, 2008 at 9:01 am)

Eisenhower and Reagan at the very least do not belong in that group. Reagan, great on rhetoric, horrible in what he actually did. Eisenhower, ultimately, was responsible for Operation Keelhaul, the murder of up to 2 million people.

ilalfisto (September 27, 2008 at 7:36 am)

We'll soon see a re-examination of free market and conservative values. It's a pity that it has taken the pain of failure to force this upon us. And we have yet to feel this pain...

ilalfisto (September 27, 2008 at 7:31 am)

It's time to review our judgment of Pres. Eisenhower, Carter, Kennedy and Reagan. Hindsight can be 20/20 vision - let's use it.

msquad223 (September 26, 2008 at 4:11 am)

how sad, you must not lead a happy life

qbtalshbh (September 25, 2008 at 4:17 pm)

"only an alert, knowledgable citizenry..." that was certainly taken care of.

kassandrasduplex (September 25, 2008 at 8:58 am)

Eisenhower signed off on political murders, his administration oversaw the CIA plans for the reconquest of Cuba (which had revolted against colonial exploitation in a nationalist popular movement) and it was his administration that started the Vietnam War after taking it over from France. See Stanley Sheinbaum. Let's not forget the down side of old Ike...