WARNINGS from Dwight D. Eisenhower - Forgotten History
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- Over the past sixty years, there has been a significant shift, in how historians perceive President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In a survey conducted in 1962, Eisenhower was ranked 22nd among Presidents, considered just an average leader, comparable to Chester A. Arthur, and slightly superior to Andrew Johnson. However, by the 1980s, his standing had risen to 11th place, and by 1994, he had climbed to 8th. This position has remained consistent, as evidenced by current polls of presidential historians. Among Presidents who served in the last 75 years, he was surpassed in ranking only by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. So, who was the real Dwight D. Eisenhower? Written and hosted by Michael Droberg. Forgotten History is a 10th Legion Pictures Production.
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Dwight was right he warned us and we didn't listen
Randy marsh: WE DIDNT LISTEN!
You got that right
Bullshit. Study, seek and learn that it was IKE that loved Trumans criminal CIA and IKE built the 3,000 nuclear weapons on his watch...then never fired g-damn warmongers Curtis Lemay, others that were in the know re the killing of a president that began turning from our warmongering bastards that may well be down "below" today,, instead of risen "up." Stop listening to Eisenhower's damn so called concern re Military Ind. terror conglomeration we have to this day. Ike and Nixon BOTH planned the Castro takeover.
What a joy to see the victims (intended victims of U.S.) spit in the faces of the giant devil.
I read, read of, sought all I can of JFK and his intentions for peace. Listen to his speech of June 1963 at American University that many say was the words that brought the CIA, the scum out to put this fine, great leader for peace, in the grave. My question is when do all the criminal pres. since Kennedy ever get paid back? When? Trump, we thought, will be a good one...he cowered under Pompeo, Dick Cheney's awe struck mentor. I say my many days of getting votes for Trump in past is over...the only two men that would be excellent leaders will not run...they want to live maybe for they know we are all finally, maybe, going to get paid back. How long, O Lord? How long before justice?
Amen!
DDE was another war monger who allied with one of history's all-time butchers, the immoral Stalin.
DDE is a prime example of an empire expansionist.
When Eisenhower saw the death camps - he basically said "Take pictures and DOCUMENT EVERYTHING because someday - someone will deny that this ever happened."
and then immediately implemented the same system for German POW's
@@rhetorical1488thank you! fought the wrong enemy! why Patton was Epstein'd
Watch Europa The Last Battle.
Sadly he's right cause there's people out there that do.
To be specific, he said "...some son-of-a-bitch".
History is not forgotten, it's not taught.
the only secret is the HISTORY you don't know...President Harry Truman.
True that! And what is taught, is taught selectively.
There's no law preventing any American from studying history on their own. Laziness & a neurotic need for entertainment are not valid excuses, so no whining.
@Pthommie do you realize that ppl are caught up !
Caught uo in school and working tirelessly oh don't forget church on a Sunday. Have some empathy and understanding. Do your part
@@felishaspersonalmail4953 I have done my part & by the way, I am also caught up in living but I still make time to PAY ATTENTION. And consider this: people in other nations also find the time to read, learn, consider opinions of others. No people in the world are as ignorant about their history as are Americans. Again, there are no excuses.
I never would have been born without General Eisenhower's decision for D-Day. My Maternal Grandmother was a Polish Christian Holocaust Survivor and the only member of her family to survive. My Nana was held as slave labor deep in Nazi Germany. The Nazis were going to murder the slaves in the town where she was held at 5 o'clock. The Allies came into town at 4:45. My humble gratitude for the gift of life ❤. I love Ike❤
What a testimony and blessing. Thank you
Bless God
Back when presidents were articulate, intelligent, and dignified.
A humble man who loved his country. Who loved God, the American soldier and his people. He served, lived and loved the USA. Sure, he wasn't perfect. But he tried his best. And to me that is enough.
Nowadays politicians can't even do half of that! Or it's a giant performance!
Well said.
And. He'd had at least 5 heart attacks before succumbing in 1969
@@ronaldzent6321 He had been a heavy smoker.
I was a child during President Eisenhower time in Office. The condition he left the country in during the 1960s was excellent. My favorite President, God Bless President Eisenhower.
Being someone of similar age, I completely agree.
Black agreement.
He did nothing to dismantle the social safety net put in place by FDR. He was a man of character and conviction.
BUT HIS OVER LOOKING THE CIA TROUBLE MAKERS HAS LEFT A BAD MARK ON THE USA ; THAT STILL GROWS WORSE EVERY YEAR GIVING THE CITIZEN OF THE USA A BAD REPRESENTATION TO THE WORLD AT LARGE WHEN IT IS THE GOVERNMENT THAT DOES WORSE THAN ITS CITIZENS L..
Born in 52. I agree with you.
The fact that he kept out of wars was profound. I read an account where he was being interviewed by a reporter, and he said: " How do you think we stayed out of war? Well, it wasn't by accident! We worked at it."
Eisenhower was a believer in peace through strength
Eisenhower was a believer in peace through strength
And so has President Trump! He believes is peace through power.🙌🏻✝️
@marthadrake1652. Actually if you read your scriptures you'll see that Donald Trump only believes in what benefits Donald Trump either monetarily or for power for himself which is called the worship of Mammon - an anti Christian behavior.
@@marthadrake1652Do you have some examples of similarities?
And today we are seeing first hand the effects of allowing those organisations to operate unchecked and unanswerable
Ike was responsible for developing infrastructure in the US, such as the interstate highway system and the once excellent public health system. He worked at being effective rather than stroking his ego. We could use another like him. Thank you for your service, Sir!
Good president!
And now we have to drain that swamp. Viva El Trumpaso.
Also .AK, & HI
under GOD in pledge of Allegence
Interstate system..in a pattern
North/South in 5s
East/West in 10s
They already had
80 though
Route 66, became route 40
What healthcare system was that? I was born in 55 and all I recall was private insurance from my fathers job.
I remember in the grade school I went to in the late 50s their was a district nurse and we got regular checkups, eyes, hearing and a full physical, at least once quarterly. Also had to watch lots of government films on all kinds of subjects.
My father was a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps. He flew Eisenhower, Nixon Kennedy, and Johnson. He said the only one he liked and had respect for was Eisenhower. Billy Graham also spoke highly of him.
What was wrong with Kennedy? I’m 22 but wasn’t he also against war? Famously took responsibility in the public for some mistakes he made but in private said he wanted shatter the cia into a million pieces for lying to him
Marine Air . Semper Fi.
He also warned about this: "The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded."
"Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite."
Read that again, but this time have Covid in mind
@@YouT00ber The public is so cognitively disfuntional that it believes in Big Pharma 'science' instead of real science n legit medicine. And most theories in science have been disproven but r still held as fact.
Yep, government and wealthy resisted science and there were hundreds of thousands needless deaths.
AH, FINALLY someone else makes note of this very important but seldom discussed point. Thank you. I was going to post that very thing.
Our real worry, as a Constitutional Republic is the vast expansion of the administrative state and the power it wields.
@@YouT00berand Bill Gates
My Great Grandfather worked with Eisenhower as an economic advisor. He was very fond of Ike and thought he was one of the most thoughtful, intelligent people he ever met.
"Not one penny less and not one penny more." No one seems to understand how important that concept was to America!
Great summary of President Eisenhower. His warning of the military industrial complex still echoes to this day, and I agree that ANY organization which garners undue influence or power is dangerous to our Democratic Republic. Looking back at how he led his troops and made his decisions, I believe that his worry was not only about runaway spending on military hardware, but that those MILITARY CONTRACTORS would end up having too much input into how the wars of tomorrow were fought
Yes, if I am reading you correctly, military arm producers influencing politicians to get involved in places like Vietnam and other places.
*Constitutional Republic
@@nelsonbrum8496 I 2nd Amendment that! 🇺🇸
@@nelsonbrum8496beat me to it.
People tend to ignore the other parts of that speech: "Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions."
During the hunt for a "peace dividend" during the 90s our defense industrial base shrank greatly. We now rank 19th in the world for ship building capacity. Not only can we not build warships fast enough we cannot maintain the ones we have. China is #1 followed by Korea and Japan. Boeing is a dumpster fire but they are the military's only domestic manufacture for many items. A large industrial base breeds competition and gives the government options and allows for more than one source of production for vital material. We lack the manufacturing capacity and skill/knowledge base for a rapid build up of production should it be necessary. I point the strain on producing ammunition as an example.
Eisenhower got us our east/ west freeways. He saw the Autobahn in Germany and realized that the U.S. needed better east- west highways to move the population fast in emergencies.
Eisenhower and my grandfather’s generation are gone now. As a world we are about to find out why that’s so awful.
I was born in the Eisenhower administration……1958, and I remember the day in November 1963 when everything changed. Even a young child could see it.
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon looses both.” Is this not where we are today ? People choosing the convenience of shopping at Target, vacationing at Disneyland, or doing business with BofA knowing full well debased and immoral ideas they passionately embrace . Eisenhower was one of the best presidents we ever had.
It also says that we must be willing to accept whatever sacrifices may be required of us. But why would I sacrifice for a nation that has spent my whole life telling me that I'm inherently bad? The left vilifies me for being a straight, white male, while the right vilifies me for not wedding an entitled female who would double in size and contribute nothing to my life. To hell with JFK, I'm asking what my country can do for me, because I value my life even if it doesn't.
VERY well said!!!
i vote with my 💵💰
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what choices were available to americans.? hindsight makes criticism so easy.. was it convenience or availability.?
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@@rocketphewl the slippery slope to h##! has always been smooth, wide, & sweet. remember the old adage: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is...
A very important president. He warned us in his farewell address. Today we suffer greatly for not acting effectively on that visionary warning.
Eisenhower was an honest person. That in itself puts him in the top5 of all US presidents!!
Can you imagine Biden acknowledging a mistake and saying it was his responsibility & his alone.
@@frankpaya690yes I could Frank, because you know damn well he he would. Freaking Trumper
I LIKE IKE…. A great president. I was born in the last year of his administration. He was a non-politician, and first republican president in 20 years when he was elected in 1952. I remember the day he died in 69 I was 10 years old. But over the years I have grown to respect him more and more. His farewell speech in 1960…. The Military Industrial Complex was a harbinger for things to come for America.
I often say he was the truest president. The last of the untainted Presidents.
He is also the president who sent the military to guard the little rock 9.
He does not get his proper credit for black advancement underneath his guard.
Eisenhower was afraid of the Congressional industrial complex. Congressional was replaced with military before that speech.
I read a book by the late Col Hackworth last year, he stated that Ike wanted to use the term Military Industrial Congressional Complex but was talked into dropping the "Congress" part of the phrase. It is a correct statement though, because congressmen hate to have anything that brings home $$ to their districts cancelled, thus insuring the continued feeding of the Machine.
Eisenhower was also afraid of a scientific-technological elite that would make public policy their captive.
@@guns2317
You are correct. When I stumbled across a reference to "congressional" included in the since abbreviated & familiar "military industrial complex", I opened tabs on 3 reliable (not google) search engines and located the original double-spaced typed draft of President Eisenhower's dictated original speech with his word "congressional" scratched out with pencil. Even then, he was aware of the corrupt & incestuous relationship between Congress & arms manufacturers.
God bless you for posting this beautiful tribute to Ike. When he passed away his body was taken by train through Cincinnati . Our whole school walked down through north bend to the railroad tracks and as his flag draped car came by, everyone saluted. Some kids cried, some stood at attention. I'll remember that day as long as I live. God bless Ike.
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there does the tree make a noise. Warning fell on deaf ears and now we hear loud and clear
28 years old, I like Ike. I think to this day he's very underrated.
Finally someone who did the research and understands the great leadership of Ike. Great leaders are NEVER noticed and recognized in their lifetime. Sometimes it takes history and time to see real leadership because great leaders do not brag. They are beautiful souls and it takes time and maturity. Human beings are too ignorant to see leadership immediately because leadership is quiet - not loud.
Especially with respect to the administration and presidency of Donald John Trump that must never be forgotten and allowed ever again.
As a child, I saw Eisenhower campaigning at the Iowa State fair in Des Moines. Quite an impact on a child seeing the General who won the war in Europe and POTUS. Even though now a registered Democrat, Ike is still my choice as the best president. He was 100% correct on the Military Industrial Complex and his dream implementing the autobahn system of highways in the US was genius. Where would we be today without it?
In 1945, Patton wrote in his journal that "Ike has been bitten by the Presidential Bug" . . .
Patton also said we fought the wrong enemy theñ they killed him
@@johnthompson9513and he was correct.
True. Eisenhower was a politician’s general. And worse, he outmaneuvered the real general, Douglas MacArthur, for the 1952 Republican nomination for president.
Any Republican would have won that year, after Truman made such a mess of Korea.
Just nominating MacArthur would have all but guaranteed him the presidency. Imagine: Total victory for all of Korea. Mao’s defeat would have led to the collapse of the then Stalin-backed Chinese Communist Party, opening the door for Chiang Kai-shek to reestablish the legitimate government for all of China.
Instead, Eisenhower set the template for America never winning a war again. We only fight not to lose, never to win, ever since Eisenhower.
He stopped Patten in Europe, and he stopped Ridgway in Asia. Even today, the Korean War is still not over. The only good thing to say about Eisenhower is that he was not Truman.
@@johnthompson9513 Patton did not have Party approved Correct Speech and Allowed Thinking
@@johnthompson9513 Patton saw the horrors.the soviets did.
I had a client who was on IKE’s team. He was a naval supply officer at the time. He said that IKE was animate about the military industrialized complex. As always awesome video. Semper Fi Marine
History shows how right he was... IMHO.
Semper Fi, thanks for watching.
I still remember when he died.
As a Boy Scout, we lowered the flags to half-staff at school in his honor.
Ike was before my time, but the man's record overall speaks for itself. The guy is great with me.
Yeah, talk about local farm boy makes good.
Eisenhower's greatest trait was bold honesty.
Remember, he of all people warned us regarding the military industrial complex.
Thank you for this very fair biography.
Those who fail to learn from history are proned to repeat it
An ancient, worn out cliche from 5th grade.
@@pelly8830It could be, but it is still true.
"Military Industrial Complex" an excellent phrase and a warning (completely ignored). Since the civil war USA's military campaigns have all been away from the mainland and except for WW2, on the behalf of big business. General Smedley Butler was exactly right "War is a racket".
A small reduction in military budget could finance a health system similar to Britain's National Health Service and put the profiteering insurance scam out of business while greatly improving healthcare for all.
It is also a transferable concept that can be applied to many other projects - Healthcare industrial complex ; Pharma industrial complex.
My late Father In Law bore a striking resemblance to him. He was career Air Force, & his demeanor , mannerisms & conduct matched his.
My Grandfather was very much the same both physically and in personality. When people would first meet him they often commented on the resemblance.
Thanks for a real authentic human being as narrator. Thank you.
Leader with common sense and respect for his country.
Traits long gone in high level politics
As a child I remember everyone liking Eisenhower when he was president.
Good morning everyone... and thank you to another history lesson...
Our pleasure!
A couple weeks ago I visited his house/farm in Gettysburg and it was wonderful on many levels. I think the fact that the 1950s during his administration was very prosperous and peaceful for the United States speaks volumes of his greatness and success.🇺🇸
MacArthur didn't just arbitrarily order the Bonus March dispersed, someone gave him the order, just like he gave Ike an order. Ike probably should be higher on the rankings than 8th. He was a great president and very respected by everyone. I was born in 1954. My mother considered naming me Dwight she liked him so much. The librarian at my school in the 1960s had worked with General Eisenhower as a WAC in London. She said he was unfailingly polite, he always remembered people he met, and agonized over the coming casualties.
Retired veteran, if ordered back, I’ll refuse. If forced, I’ll fight back. I’m not going to fight for this corrupt government.
That's Okay. We're good. You probably need your beauty sleep. There still are more than a few brave folks willing and able to defend us without reservation. You watch some reality TV, and we'll cope somehow...
And that’s reason we’re here now…..🇺🇸☠️
Army veteran, I won't support a Trump fascist regime either. He was a seriously ill and corrupted president who doesn't deserve another chance to destroy the Democracy that was fought for and won't ever be surrendered to any wannabe authoritarian dictator who is well versed in Nazi propaganda. A truly sick person, but he's a felon now and finally will see a term behind bars in the future and he'll never see the White House except from the outside.
@@garyspence2128 You must be a brain washed democrat. Biden is destroying the USA!
@@garyspence2128 Who cares. We don't need you. There are plenty of Americans who will fight to keep our democracy.
In my life I think America has had two relative periods of calm and tranquility , from my birth in late 54 until 63 , then the 60's happened and that period of unrest carried on until the mid 80's ,then another period of calm until 2000 , then 9/11 and everything which has happened since . Now you can point to specific events of unrest that happened during those times of calm , but they were one offs which really had very little impact over the country as a whole at the time . Since 2000 it seems like one crisis after another .
Desert storm happened and Kosovo all kinds of other stuff went on during all times some were just more talked about and publicized more than others.
Lately all manufactured crisis for political ends. FJB.
They finally reached critical mass in their Gramsciesque cultural enrichment of the west.
Roger that, born 63 joined Navy in 81 and retired 06. The current decline / unrest started with Barrack Hussein O’bummer in 08 when he promised to unite but divided at every opportunity. They weaponized and politicized all departments. Chicago politics went nationwide. 😢
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well said...
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My favorite president. Incomparable leadership skills. Didn't suffer fools well. IMO our last honest president.
Carter, also. Carter's problem was that he didn't have any of the blood-lust that others in DC had at the time, to say nothing of today. And once Ronzo was in, the very first thing that happened was the freeing of the Iranian hostages...which was later revealed to be due to some EXTREMELY illegal back channeling between Iran's Islamic dictators and Reagan's election team. That then paved the way for Iran/Contra.
So, we went from being decent for a few years to right back down the slimepit via a washed-up character actor with (as it turned out, like many expected) a brain that had much in common with a kitchen sponge. Why we still venerate him is beyond me.
He was a very thoughtful man.
He warned that Corporate America would rule the U S A at the expense of the American Democracy and it,s people .
Always dropping gems that i need to watch before bed! Night shift life...
We're glad to be your night shift channel of choice.
An amazing man and a great American. My father, John J. Morrissey, fought under Eisenhower during The Battle of the Bulge as a tank commander. Eisenhower was an incredible man.
I liked Ike. I was born in 1948, I can still remember the 1956 convention in the Cow Palace. There were only two TV stations then and both channels covered it, as they say, gavel to gavel. It was boring for an eight year old. Ike was from my point of view like a national grandfather, the same as the way I saw Walt Disney. And as you can see from this video, we're still having problems caused by the CIA, past , present, and future. Someone needs to get those warmongers under control, without being killed by them. Never believe anything anybody from the CIA tells you, EVER !
Its been 20 years since I named myself informally after him, then a young undergrad immersed in history of the world.
I think his most enduring contribution to history was just one speech at the tail end of his administration (indeed the farewell speech): the military-industrial complex speech. I wouldn't know if that phrase existed prior but it certainly has stuck and his warning has fully materialized unheeded.
Eisenhower was such a boss. I just watch his comments when Germany surrendered during WWII. Epic bossness. I wish we had leaders today that are like people like Eisenhower. We do not have good leaders today. I don't care about your party or who you're sucking off today; we don't have good leaders, and this is our current problem.
Our problem is that we have politicians and not statesmen.
Excellent Military Leader and President 🇺🇲
Eisenhower was a good president, but he failed in stopping the CIA 😢😢😢😢
Ike supported Bill Donovan and the OSS, later the CIA. Ike did nothing when the OSS screwed the Nationalist Chinese and China was handed over to the Commies.
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He was a very good president, CIA shenanigans aside. He deftly handled the Suez crisis.
Easily one of the best presidents of the 20th Century.
This president is the true definition of greatness ,God bless his memory!!!
🕊🌟💫✨️🇺🇸RIP✨️🌟✨️
He was the Right person at the Right time. He was a Great person and President...
In his famous farewell address on January 17, 1961, president Eisenhower not only warned of the influence of the military industrial complex. What is mostly ignored from this same address is his warning against the potential dangers of a “scientific-technological elite” influencing public policy. He said:
“...we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.”
Given recent history when we are told to “trust the science,” much of what we do is digitally monitored, and big tech wields untold power in Washington this warning is just as relevant and important, and should be quoted more often. ☠️
Eisenhower is my second favorite president. Most people aren't aware that he was derided in the press of that day. Back then people trusted the press.
Well done. As a young 1st grader, the first president I remember was Eisenhower and I remember his slogan "I like Ike"Being somewhat of a history geek, I think this rather comprehensive review of Eisenhower reminded me of much,both good and bad and how the office of president is soooo hard of a job.
I remember sitting in a small auditorium at our elementary school watching the JFK inauguration in 1961. Remember a little of what Ike was saying about the 'Military Industrial Complex', but it didn't really make any sense to a 12-year old. It sure does now.
Ike gave us MODERNISM! Expressways, suburbs flourished, airports among others. There was America before and after Ike. Big difference. He should be appreciated more!
We need an ex-general for president.
I’ll take a hard pass on that
A man of true integrity!
When I see this video I understand why we are in such disarray today. Look at these leaders compared to our leaders of today. Thanks for sharing. These were men of integrity and honor.
We have NO leadership in charge now
Can you please do a segment on the forgotten history of central banking?
Read the book, The Creature from Jekyll Island.
President Eisenhower confronted problems as one with a well rounded classical education can. He was a man of great self discipline. He knew how to consider. Find us one now of similar qualities. He is desperately needed.
50's were a time of great anxiety over the cold war!😮😮
Wasn't that the majority of the cold war?
Patton's tank tactics are still used today.
Interestingly, Eisenhower spoke here in Denton, Texas in 1952. He said that he wished the average American would get involved in the political process, and make the term "politician" respectable again. Darn good advice.
Gen. George Patton: "We defeated the wrong enemy."
A great Military General and a great US President. A man among men, who I consider to be possibly the best ever US President.
I can’t believe that anyone would think FDR was more important or better IKE
The Interstate Highway System is the largest public works project in the history of humanity, not just the history of the US. It's also the most successful.
Hitler designed it and Eisenhower used his blueprints. The Nazis had wanted to connect the states to make it easier to keep the USA "conquered".
Did you know that Hitler himself designed it???
@@PollyPurree go away troll
@@aaronkcmo You should pick up a book and read instead of trolling the internet. You clearly know nothing about history whatsoever. Hitler designed it in order to make it easy for the Germans to keep the US under control once they conquered it. Eisenhower simply used the blueprints the Americans discovered in the captured documents as he thought it was a good idea to connect the US states.
@@aaronkcmo You should pick up a history book instead of trolling the internet and playing video games. You know absolutely nothing about history. I knew this about the interstate system in the 5th grade.
Excellent!
Good presentation thanks. It really lays out how the military industrial complex that he warned us about was his doing that got way out of control. Pretty much like it is today.
Enjoyed your commentary. Eisenhower is someone I admired. Think it's too bad we didn't listen to his warning about the military, industrial complex. Also I wonder about that disappearance in February, 1954?? I am a Marine Corps brat born at Camp Lejune in 1950. Saw and heard alot!!
Perhaps he met with the aliens... Semper Fi
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍🇺🇸. I was born the year he was elected as a child from what I can remember veterans of the time spoke highly of him ! Most of the leaders of that time had seen hell and what evils had come out of the depression. I have fallow history then as now we are not perfect & short comings. Many Americans today are spoiled many have forgotten what happened in the past . Many of the boomers know what am talking about ! Many boomers young men & women were sent to Korea & Viet Nam to dis-honor those who paid the highest price ! His believe to maintain peace at high cost ! We Americans are not prefect we make mistakes , but look hard of what is out there ! Duty. Honor. Country !☕️👀😎👍🇺🇸
It's too late. This can't be fixed at the ballot box anymore.
dont give up until 11/6 and dont vote early
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Too late for losers yes.
See the 2cd Amendment.
And first Amendment.
Lead,follow or get out of the way.
@@lorenzo6mm
It will require blood.
It always does.
As long as we have breath its NEVER TOO LATE , !
I believe that this may be the last election IF the Liberals have their way. But we have as a last resort the cartridge box. I would like to hope the ballot box begins to turn this ship around.
When I was younger, Eisenhower was often criticized as lame-duck, do-nothing President. However, the leadership that he provided during the Cold War enabled us to contain Communism without a full-blown nuclear war. It's no wonder that history's estimation of him has improved.
It was a mistake to support the coups in Iran and Latin America, as we now know with the benefit of hindsight. However, in the highly charged atmosphere of the time, it was understandable.
HIndsight being 20/20?
It definitely does seem to be the case, especially given events of the last few decades.
Definitely so especially with the military industrial complex.
The more I learn about this guy, the more I like him. If you read into it, he didn't even want to be president, he kind of was pressured into it by the people. In my mind, a leader should be called to lead, not spend there whole career trying to get elected.
Thank you so much for sharing this❤
I was a child, too when Eisenhower was president. It was a great era!
I often wonder what the former presidents would think of the situation today.
I was a child then too but I still know how much harder it was back then for black and native Americans and the poor when we had no Medicare, Medicaid, OSHA & other social reforms that have occurred since.
Thank you for your service. And for this excellent video!
fought the wrong enemy, RIP PATTON
I hope they do or already have a Patton video. So much lost history after he was epsteined.
Thank you for this talk.
Ike, all in all was a good and wise president
Ike was modest, often understated, but far sighted. He was a great general and even better president. The US was fortunate in having Ike and Marshall and the other top generals all working together at the same time. Sadly not happening today with all the DEI hires and untested Generals.
For a man who never fought hand 2 hand he sure did " advance"
I was born during Ike's presidency, and although I was too young to know much about him then, America prospered under his quiet, steadfast leadership. I have always looked back with pride when I have said "Ike was MY president."
So. This is Far more interesting now. Than how it looked from a 35+ year's ago view from the school text books. My Grandmother spoke respectfully of Dwight...
He was a good President with good intentions.
One of the best. We need a President like him now.
He did leave the country with a clear warning. RIP
Mike, thank You for Your time and effort to educate everyone about this great Man. Best Wishes to You, Your Family and Friends.
Much appreciated
Your history of Ike was a good summary, yet necessarily missing details. The length of your story was a good one for the average viewer, especially those who know little of Eisenhower and others from his time.
I must offer something else that Ike created, and for a very good set of reasons. This decision illustrates his great talent for leading men and managing large projects. It shows the quite rare ability to step way back and view situations more broadly than most other people. That ability is why he was the commanding 5-star of all Allied Forces worldwide.
What you did either miss or cut is the story of Eisenhower creating the Community College system in the Unites States. He did this partly because college was not available to most citizens before WWII. And for a more strategic reason Ike knew that he was about to have a mess on his hands, with a multitude of troops returning from war, seeking jobs, and having little to do at first. Establishing the so called "Junior Colleges" was a brilliant move to buy him some time.
When I started in the Arizona community college system in 1971 it was free. It had always been free to those attending a college in the county of their residence. I had only the cost of books and a "matriculation fee" of $75 per semester, most of which was applied to the College Union - a student services center.
Ike knew that if many of his "boys" returning home could attend school for a year or so, that would give them new, certifiable skills, and keep them from immediately displacing many of the wives and moms and sisters who had taken their jobs during the war. The women who worked in industry for the war effort had gained confidence and skill in those new roles, and were no inclined to so easily relinquish them. General Eisenhower correctly surmised that such a conflict between men and women for the same jobs would likely be more difficult to solve than any he faced in the war. Ike needed something to allow time for settling in to occur in society.
I come by the Community College history from my own college itself. Many years ago when being asked to become adjunct faculty in the Theatre Department I needed to pass only two hurdles, in lieu of having a upper division degree. My old friend and Theatre Director submitted a written letter to the Registrar, vouching for my long history as a Lighting Director, Sound Designer, Show Runner, and actor. During all of high school and now for more than two decades in community college I had performed the job I was now about to teach others - Lighting.
The second part of qualification was to read a history of community college and pass an exam on the subject. That material is what finally allowed me to become Associate Faculty at Arizona Western College. From that short course I learned how community college came to be. And all these years after Ike was gone, his legacy allowed a lower middle class kid to earn two Associates Degrees, for very little money. Eisenhower gave me the ability to go to college - something he surely never anticipated.
In college for one year a world class historian taught ENG102 as a evening course. Each night I stayed for awhile and pestered him with questions and advice. He encouraged me to look for bits of forgotten and unknown history, saying that these kinds of tales are ubiquitous and awaiting discovery. This old Westerner taught me more history than another person - in English class.
Thank you guys , great subject
Thanks for listening
Thank you so much for these well made and super informative videos, keep them coming.
God bless you all.
Highly Intelligent.
Always a man of Integrity.
The best President in my lifetime.
And the most honorable.
Well he did have that little thing with his driver but of course the media didn't report those kind of things back then. To my knowledge during my lifetime & starting with Ike, Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama were the only presidents whose administrations had no scandals unless you count Carter's brother but he wasn't in the administration. Plus Carter has worked the hardest and the longest after leaving office of any president to help meet immediate basic living needs of many Americans and others around the world. I think that counts heavily in his favor - or should.