Nixon's the One

[Dennis Perrin]

> I'm not going to give a big defense of Truman's foreign policy given the
> bloodiness of the Korean War, but he did risk his Presidency to
> fireMacArthur to prevent a broader war with China.  And comparing Nixon
> versus Truman on civil rights is no contest-- Truman was probably the most
> daring defender of civil rights in our history, given he proposed
> desegregation of schools and public accomodations in 1948 and was willing
to
> see the Dixiecrats walk out of the convention on the issue, quite
different
> from Nixon's cynical promotion of black capitalism "affirmative action."
>

 > -- Nathan Newman

What about Truman's successor, Ike? Yes, yes, he hired Dulles and oversaw
coups in Iran and Guatemala. I'll grant you that. But for me his one shining
moment came when he stopped the Israeli/Brit/French invasion of Egypt in
1956. Oh, can you imagine the howls were there an Israel First chorus on
hand then?

Also, Ike gave us "military industrial complex," and he didn't like/trust
Nixon.

DP