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Post by Philip II of Macedon on Jun 20, 2016 13:46:46 GMT
I'd probably say Washington. I mean, he was offered Kingship and turned it down so we could have a democracy.
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Post by General William T. Sherman on Jun 20, 2016 14:33:46 GMT
General William T. Sherman would probably pick FDR. I do agree that he was a good president but the internment camps for Japanese were a bit too much Wrong, actually. Harry S. Truman is my favorite President. Ended the war quickly, started the Marshall Plan which helped rebuild Western Europe, helped install democracy in areas like Germany and Japan, ended segregation of African-Americans and White Americans in the Armed Forces and Workforce, prevented Greece and Turkey from falling to Communism, and prevented (all of) Korea from falling to Communism. Plus the Truman Doctrine which basically stated "NONE SHALL PASS" when it comes to communist expansion (granted, that didn't really work, but that really affected future foreign policy from then on). Not to mention that he had some serious courage and did what he deemed was right. He gave the Presidential order to end segregation in the Armed Forces and Workforce right before the 1948 election. He didn't play the governmental games, he gave the order because that what he deemed right. And then he took a nationwide tour of the United States in order to gain support for the election despite Thomas Dewey, his opponent, being much more popular than him and ended up winning! Granted, nuking Japan is still very controversial, but in my opinion it was a necessary evil in order to end the war quickly and without American lives lost. Plus, actual estimates state that more Japanese may have died in a possible American invasion of Japan than the nukings. |
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Post by General William T. Sherman on Jun 20, 2016 14:36:44 GMT
I'd probably say Washington. I mean, he was offered Kingship and turned it down so we could have a democracy. Now thats a true hero. Also, he implemented a policy of neutrality which basically said that the USA would not intervene in conflicts overseas (which was especially important in the Napoleonic Wars) and would only fight in its own wars. I mean this policy basically continued all the way to the 1900's and we only fought wars and conflicts which actually dealt with us (Multiple Colonial Wars, Spanish-American War, Mexican-American War, Boxer Rebellion, WWI, WWII, etc. etc.) This policy only really stopped when the Cold War began. |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Jun 23, 2016 22:37:01 GMT
General William T. Sherman would probably pick FDR. I do agree that he was a good president but the internment camps for Japanese were a bit too much Wrong, actually. Harry S. Truman is my favorite President. Ended the war quickly, started the Marshall Plan which helped rebuild Western Europe, helped install democracy in areas like Germany and Japan, ended segregation of African-Americans and White Americans in the Armed Forces and Workforce, prevented Greece and Turkey from falling to Communism, and prevented (all of) Korea from falling to Communism. Plus the Truman Doctrine which basically stated "NONE SHALL PASS" when it comes to communist expansion (granted, that didn't really work, but that really affected future foreign policy from then on). Not to mention that he had some serious courage and did what he deemed was right. He gave the Presidential order to end segregation in the Armed Forces and Workforce right before the 1948 election. He didn't play the governmental games, he gave the order because that what he deemed right. And then he took a nationwide tour of the United States in order to gain support for the election despite Thomas Dewey, his opponent, being much more popular than him and ended up winning! Granted, nuking Japan is still very controversial, but in my opinion it was a necessary evil in order to end the war quickly and without American lives lost. Plus, actual estimates state that more Japanese may have died in a possible American invasion of Japan than the nukings. don't forget that Truman vehemently protested the Iran Coup in 1953 |
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Post by Jean Lannes on Jun 23, 2016 22:37:33 GMT
I'd probably say Washington. I mean, he was offered Kingship and turned it down so we could have a democracy. Now thats a true hero. Also, he implemented a policy of neutrality which basically said that the USA would not intervene in conflicts overseas (which was especially important in the Napoleonic Wars) and would only fight in its own wars. I mean this policy basically continued all the way to the 1900's and we only fought wars and conflicts which actually dealt with us (Multiple Colonial Wars, Spanish-American War, Mexican-American War, Boxer Rebellion, WWI, WWII, etc. etc.) This policy only really stopped when the Cold War began. Ah yes, the Neutrality Proclamation in 1793 |
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Post by Jean-Luc Picard on Jun 23, 2016 22:40:57 GMT
Now thats a true hero. Also, he implemented a policy of neutrality which basically said that the USA would not intervene in conflicts overseas (which was especially important in the Napoleonic Wars) and would only fight in its own wars. I mean this policy basically continued all the way to the 1900's and we only fought wars and conflicts which actually dealt with us (Multiple Colonial Wars, Spanish-American War, Mexican-American War, Boxer Rebellion, WWI, WWII, etc. etc.) This policy only really stopped when the Cold War began. Ah yes, the Neutrality Proclamation in 1793 AKA one of Easytech's favorite parts of history to ignore |
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