The very first promise Obama made to we people en masse was to close Guantanamo. That was 2 weeks before his first day in office. LIKELY he saw that billion dollar a year pricetag and that played into his announcement. He certainly could have mustered token support from budget minders, Mother gave me his book, I will check if he says why he could not act on ourbehalfs. It is vomitos, I misunderstood atthetime, imagining the whole outpost being vacated. Of course he was only talking abt the prison...
Thinking of Ike's reluctance and silence on de-segregation, I've sometimes wondered whether the distinctly Southern cast of the professional military of his time may not have played a role in framing his ideas about the possibilities for including African-Americans in the greater American project. And, I've wondered, too (though this is a very notional and perhaps flimsy speculation), whether his love of the decorums of the Augusta National golf course, and the seductions of a certain tory Georgia, may not have contributed to his aloofness from the claims of the civil rights movement.
My answer to your post is yes, I like Ike. His caution hurt civil rights, but it was the same caution at work that held the military in check. Historical figures almost never get credit for restraint., but if Ike prevented the use of atomic weapons against China, that is as heroic of a restraint as i can imagine.
It’s more than interesting the Ike’s warning about the Military Industrial Complex in has farewell address essentially all came true and much worse. Invasion of Iraq based on pure Security State fabrications and criminal malfeasance. Invading Afghanistan on much the same premise and failing so dismally because there was no real plan other than kickbacks and graft within both parties. Now a proxy war in Ukraine also destined to abject failure for much the same reasons as Afghanistan. Bellicose ambition based on flawed ideology and again, greed. And now sponsoring a human catastrophe in Gaza that looks exactly like a genocidal ethnic cleansing hiding behind the propaganda of “anti-semitism”. Didn’t Ike sponsor and initiate this run away undemocratic criminal enterprise called the American security state? Just a thought.
I think Eisenhower's legacy will only increase as the country continues to decline no matter what people think of his approach toward segregation. I think his public announcement of the existence of the military-industrial complex will always go down as a noble gesture. But that's all I can say for now: perhaps I should read this bio and learn a thing or two.
As for stuffing partisanship into a bottle, that won't happen because apart from a few crucial issues (like the border) the divide is only about policy at the surface level. Eisenhower didn't have to face two different America's that can't agree on basic reality.
The very first promise Obama made to we people en masse was to close Guantanamo. That was 2 weeks before his first day in office. LIKELY he saw that billion dollar a year pricetag and that played into his announcement. He certainly could have mustered token support from budget minders, Mother gave me his book, I will check if he says why he could not act on ourbehalfs. It is vomitos, I misunderstood atthetime, imagining the whole outpost being vacated. Of course he was only talking abt the prison...
Thinking of Ike's reluctance and silence on de-segregation, I've sometimes wondered whether the distinctly Southern cast of the professional military of his time may not have played a role in framing his ideas about the possibilities for including African-Americans in the greater American project. And, I've wondered, too (though this is a very notional and perhaps flimsy speculation), whether his love of the decorums of the Augusta National golf course, and the seductions of a certain tory Georgia, may not have contributed to his aloofness from the claims of the civil rights movement.
My answer to your post is yes, I like Ike. His caution hurt civil rights, but it was the same caution at work that held the military in check. Historical figures almost never get credit for restraint., but if Ike prevented the use of atomic weapons against China, that is as heroic of a restraint as i can imagine.
It’s more than interesting the Ike’s warning about the Military Industrial Complex in has farewell address essentially all came true and much worse. Invasion of Iraq based on pure Security State fabrications and criminal malfeasance. Invading Afghanistan on much the same premise and failing so dismally because there was no real plan other than kickbacks and graft within both parties. Now a proxy war in Ukraine also destined to abject failure for much the same reasons as Afghanistan. Bellicose ambition based on flawed ideology and again, greed. And now sponsoring a human catastrophe in Gaza that looks exactly like a genocidal ethnic cleansing hiding behind the propaganda of “anti-semitism”. Didn’t Ike sponsor and initiate this run away undemocratic criminal enterprise called the American security state? Just a thought.
I think Eisenhower's legacy will only increase as the country continues to decline no matter what people think of his approach toward segregation. I think his public announcement of the existence of the military-industrial complex will always go down as a noble gesture. But that's all I can say for now: perhaps I should read this bio and learn a thing or two.
As for stuffing partisanship into a bottle, that won't happen because apart from a few crucial issues (like the border) the divide is only about policy at the surface level. Eisenhower didn't have to face two different America's that can't agree on basic reality.