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Republicans are quick to criticize Kennedy for the failed Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall, the appeasement that ended the Missle Crisis, and getting us involved militarily in Vietnam. But, is this criticism fair given the relatively far worse performance of his Republican predecessor, Eisenhower, who
1) ended the Korean War with a truce, not a peace treaty;
2) failed to help the French at Dien Bien Phu when asked (the help was available in the form of the American fleet that was just offshore at the time);
3) forced the Brits and French to give up the Suez Canal to the UAR, a commie client state;
4) failed to provide any assistance to the Huns when they were under assault from commie tanks;
5) lost the space race to the commies on purpose;
6) shut down McCarthy who was rooting out commies from the State Department;
7) failed to support (and or replace in time) Batista, who then surrendered Cuba to the commie Castro;
8) allowed U2 flights over the commie heartland, wrecklessly allowing an international crisis to happen when Powers was shot down; and
9) failed to sack Nixon, an obvious psycho.
Now, some have argued that Ike kept the peace. But at what cost? His failures lead to greater crises in the future: Vietnam, Cuba, the '67 Mideast War, a postponed European liberation from Communism, and a nuclear-armed, hostile North Korea. By any measure, other than the measure commie stooge might apply, Eisenhower may rank among the worst presidents of the 20th Century. So was Ike a Republican God or a Commie Stooge?
1) ended the Korean War with a truce, not a peace treaty;
2) failed to help the French at Dien Bien Phu when asked (the help was available in the form of the American fleet that was just offshore at the time);
3) forced the Brits and French to give up the Suez Canal to the UAR, a commie client state;
4) failed to provide any assistance to the Huns when they were under assault from commie tanks;
5) lost the space race to the commies on purpose;
6) shut down McCarthy who was rooting out commies from the State Department;
7) failed to support (and or replace in time) Batista, who then surrendered Cuba to the commie Castro;
8) allowed U2 flights over the commie heartland, wrecklessly allowing an international crisis to happen when Powers was shot down; and
9) failed to sack Nixon, an obvious psycho.
Now, some have argued that Ike kept the peace. But at what cost? His failures lead to greater crises in the future: Vietnam, Cuba, the '67 Mideast War, a postponed European liberation from Communism, and a nuclear-armed, hostile North Korea. By any measure, other than the measure commie stooge might apply, Eisenhower may rank among the worst presidents of the 20th Century. So was Ike a Republican God or a Commie Stooge?
Replace in time? Stick to your own borders !
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