On 8/15/05, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Don't glamorize the prick too much. He had the same sort of friends &
> associates that Kerry/Bush do. He offered the a-bomb to the French at
> the time of Dien bien phu. He ordered the assasination of Patrice
> Lumumba. The overthrow of Arbenz & of Mossedegh occurred on his watch. A
> president's actions owe far more to the general political climate and to
> the current stage of the class war than to his personal virtues or
> vices.
Right. The fact that Ike looks so good by today's standards mostly reflects how low US (and world) standards have fallen. -- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.