I am not big on Republicans, especially the toads these days….but the US has had a couple of really great Republican presidents…..and NO one them is NOT Reagan……the two that I appreciate are Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower…….both proved that there were actual statesmen in the GOP……..
Ike warned the country about the growing power of the military-industrial complex and few listened…..Ike was a real conservative and a great statesman…..NO one in the GOP these days could walk in his shoes…..
But his insights into the nature of the M-IC is not the only insight he had…..
A wise man that who likes we shall probably never see again…sad
A lot of people are trying to warn us about the rise of radicalized Islamic terrorism too and again nobody seems to be listening .. so what is different?
Most of the non-listeners were candidates…..just like today so you are right….but making the same mistake over and over is insanity…..
Men who are warrior/scholars have always made the best political leaders,all throughout our species’ history…. Only the combination of knowledge, and experience can give them the wider view needed to do the job at all….
There are none left, to my knowledge; if there are, they are too smart to let anyone know, lest they get trapped into having to abrogate their honor to act politically….
gigoid, the dubious
Chuck Hagel was the only one these days…I served with him in Vietnam and 9th Division….helluva guy….
He proves my point; you couldn’t DRAG him into an election without a gun to his head, I think….
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He resigned as SecDef because of the way we were heading to war….again. He was also a NCO in the Army makes him more4 than qualified in my book….
Yep; generals who got there from being a sergeant are the very best, and most respected warriors in any army…. That’s because every general knows, armies are always run by the sergeants….
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He was a Senator a damn good one at that….even if he was a Repub….he was a true conserv not like the neo-libs today….chuq
Since 1980 we have cut Social Security by 50%. Using the sleigh of hand by manipulating the CPI as if it has any correlation with inflation.
Inflation is figured without the issues of gas and food included….now how can there be an accurate tally?