March 14, 2008

Is McCain Heading Back to the Future? - The Conservative Voice- About: public speaker

As a direct result of the containment strategy, President Truman had taken the United States to war in Korea. Never-the-less, as was the case with Korean War in 1952, in this election year of 2008, war weariness has set in for much of the electorate. Though the Arizona senator didn’t reach the same celestial heights during his military career as Eisenhower obtained during World War II, he did prove his mettle as first a fighter pilot, then a prisoner of war for five and half years during the Vietnam War. Eisenhower, in the 1950’s, was able to finish what Truman had started by bringing the Korean War to a successful conclusion, resulting in a country free from communism and now a strong democracy and ally in the region. As for President Truman, history would judge the choices that he made in the first years of the Cold War far better than the American public in his day. read more

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