I would beg to differ, but a good point; being in the position we were after WW2 was a major advantage.
Ike did have to walk very carefully during the beginning of the civil rights movement, segregationists were still very powerful, and I don’t envy him having to discern between our actual intelligence about the USSR and the extreme paranoia of the most fervent of the MIC.
Still, I can’t imagine Ike behaving the way a lot of subsequent presidents have. I hate screeching, shouting, denigrating the English language, and assigning evil motives to people just because they disagree with me.
I like decorum, calm and dignified speech, and loath hyperbole. If I’m mad enough to raise my voice, demonize those who disagree with me, or desecrate the English language. Old fuddy I am; I have guns in the closet, of course, but unless I’m to the point of using them, I prefer my politics polite and professorial, Firing Line being the gold standard, and even that a bit too maddening.
*I like decorum, calm and dignified speech, and loath hyperbole.*
That was Bush ‘43.
*I hate screeching, shouting, denigrating the English language, and assigning evil motives to people just because they disagree with me.* Sounds like Dick Cheney unless you ask Pat Leahy.