Rate the Presidents, Installment #34: Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Blair]

...and he's going to beat FDR and Truman too. Joke forum.

"Other people disagree with my opinion so they are jokes".

4 stars for being better than Truman and the best post-WW2 president. He -

-Accurately warned the US about the military-industrial complex.
-Withdrew safely from Korea
-Took a very brave and principled stand on the Anglo-French-Israeli War of Aggression Suez Crisis. This was probably one of the last times the United States stood up in defense of the third world against blatant imperialism.

As I said before, he warned of it after building it up for 8 years

[Zioneer]

...and he's going to beat FDR and Truman too. Joke forum.

"Other people disagree with my opinion so they are jokes".

4 stars for being better than Truman and the best post-WW2 president. He -

-Accurately warned the US about the military-industrial complex.
-Withdrew safely from Korea
-Took a very brave and principled stand on the Anglo-French-Israeli War of Aggression Suez Crisis. This was probably one of the last times the United States stood up in defense of the third world against blatant imperialism.

As I said before, he warned of it after building it up for 8 years

True, which makes it sad that he was still one of the few (only?) to talk about it.

[RogueBeaver]

4 stars.

[AelroseB]

1 star.  His economic policy was atrocious, and it nearly landed the country into another Depression; his foreign policy via the Eisenhower Doctrine planted the seeds for reactionary, anti-American sentiment in the Middle East--which we still see today in the form of Iran, Syria, and Iraq.  What is more, he even let Birchers like Ezra Taft Benson get sway in national politics.  A good man and a fabulous general, but an awful President.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Isn't it time for the next poll?

[JonathanSwift]

Isn't it time for the next poll?

This poll will be closing in about ten minutes.

[ScottieF]

1 star. His economic policy was atrocious, and it nearly landed the country into another Depression; his foreign policy via the Eisenhower Doctrine planted the seeds for reactionary, anti-American sentiment in the Middle East--which we still see today in the form of Iran, Syria, and Iraq.  What is more, he even let Birchers like Ezra Taft Benson get sway in national politics.  A good man and a fabulous general, but an awful President.

What?

[JonathanSwift]

Final Result: 3.7 Stars