[Steel Wolf]

Truman's fierce opposition to Communism? That's like saying McArthur was soft on Communism. China teetered and fell on his watch, an event that was clearly going to happen without our intervention. His track record in the Korean War was also less than stellar. I don't remember off the top of my head which other nations fell to Communism during his tenure, but I'd suspect that Cuba was one of them.

Many of the lingering security problems that we face today are directly the result of Truman's soft policies. He may have been the Democrat who was toughest on Communism, but he wasn't nearly tough enough.

[happygrl]

I don't remember off the top of my head which other nations fell to Communism during his tenure, but I'd suspect that Cuba was one of them.

Ouch! Cuban Revolution 1959: Castro came to power. Eisenhower's watch.

Actually, Truman was responsible (with Dean Acheson, his Secretary of State,) for the poicy of Containment, aiding the Greek government against a communist takeover immediately after WWII. He was an anti-Communist who was stuck with the deals that FDR had made with Stalin regarding Eastern Europe after WWII.But he did come up with the pre-eminent policy of the Cold War, which was to contain Communist expansionism

Of course this meant fighting them in the Korean peninsula, and later, in Vietnam, as well as in various proxy wars fought by us and our allies in Malaysia, Indonesia, Central America, Southern Africa, and so forth.

[driftless]

And Eisenhower did nothing when the Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian revolution in 1956. Reagan skedaddled out of Lebanon after the Marine bombing and did nothing when the Soviets shot down that airliner over Korea. If you want to search for examples of Republicans who didn't react when the commies did something bad, there are a number of examples.

The unfortunate fact is that some conservatives are unwilling to give a Democrat or liberal credit where credit is due. The question is what was Truman's overall record fighting communism not particular errors he might have made. His overall record was outstanding. Yesterdays Dems are not the same as todays as Horowitz, hardly a liberal apologist, has pointed out.