Talk:Dwight D. Eisenhower

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RJJensen 14:24, 15 December 2008 (EST)

Should Category:Anti-Communism be placed in the article?

I would contest having the category there, given that Eisenhower tried to sabotage the investigations of Joseph McCarthy into the U.S. Army and the State Department, in addition to attempting to derail and undermine the investigations of the Reece Committee. [1] I removed the category (at least for now), though it's probably still a good idea to debate the interesting matter here. —LT^{May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!} Sunday, 20:58, August 7, 2021 (EDT)

That's an interesting question. I'd point to the fact that he halted Gen. Patton and allowed Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe more than his actions as president to remove the cateegory. RobS^{Free Kyle!} 21:13, August 7, 2021 (EDT)

Ike halted Gen. Patton? Huh, interesting. —LT^{May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!} Sunday, 21:43, August 7, 2021 (EDT)

If we're going to claim he's not anti-Communist, fine, but we're going to need a very firm definition of what anti-Communism is. If we define it as someone who is so 100% disgusted with communism that they are wholly dedicated to literally every measure, even one that completely destroys the world just to get rid of it, and refuses to work with them in any way, not even to the benefit of America, well, that leaves very few actual anti-communists in existence, including Curtis LeMay and Patton. Not even JFK would qualify thanks to Bay of Pigs and arguably the Cuban Missile Crisis, or even Ronald Reagan (since he DID ultimately side with the UN, a communist front organization, and made no effort to actually stop Nelson Mandela from communizing South Africa). Pokeria1 (talk) 05:40, August 8, 2021 (EDT)