True Believers (Bush II, Truman, Wilson and so on)

Wilson Quarterly ^ | August 2006 | Elizabeth Edwards Spalding

[shrinkermd]

...From the first day of his presidency, Truman invoked the Almighty. He believed that America had been called to foster peace in the world, and that it had dodged that responsibility after World War I. He often explained that this duty now extended from U.S. participation in the United Nations to combating the onslaught of communismworldwide. Only in the context of freedom, he believed, could humankind exercise the free will necessary to achieving peace and happiness. Here is the conclusion of his inaugural address in 1949: “But I say to all men, what we have achieved in liberty, we will surpass in greater liberty. Steadfast in our faith in the Almighty, we will advance toward a world where man’s freedom is secure. To that end we will devote our strength, our resources, and our firmness of resolve. With God’s help, the future of mankind will be assured in a world of justice, harmony, and peace.” The challenge, as Truman understood it, was that the free world faced a foe who denied that “human freedom is born of the belief that man is created equal in the image of God and therefore capable of governing himself.”

[shrinkermd]

A common cultural thread has been broken by the moonbat left to the detriment of the country.

[MNJohnnie]

Better a true beliver then a true idiot. LBJ, Carter, Cliton

[HitmanLV]

Hang tough, True Believers!  Excelsior!

 

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Interesting article. It made me think better of Pres. Truman after I read it. I have always criticized him for not being aggressive enough after WWII in curtailing communism. I'm not sure now he could have taken the steps I wanted him to, when I was 18. I felt he could have bullied the Russians out of Eastern Europe by threatening them with the A-Bomb, even detonating one on their soil.

Now that I know the history of that time, how socialists dominated the State department, how war weary the US was, I have no faith anyone could have done that.