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Post by liamcog on Dec 22, 2017 22:17:45 GMT
I hope it doesn't brake any politics rules, so I only used pre ford presidents to prevent any arguing what could occur. ( Saltin, Mountbatten,)
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Post by John Cameron of Fassiefern on Dec 22, 2017 23:04:26 GMT
I think Abraham Lincoln did more for the US than any other President. Just look at what his job did to him! .org/] [/url] P.S. My elementary school was named after him, so that's also a significant reason why he's my favorite!
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Post by Tito on Dec 23, 2017 9:47:59 GMT
There can't be a best president jn my opinion Each one has done a lot of great and bad things which improved and hurt america and the world. And it is in eyes of people whom are from different countries can choose a president as they helped their nation. Exp Bill Clinton is one of my Favourite Presidents mostly because he helped out Bosnia
And plis, eveey president contributed to the next ones decisions Best example is if it werent for Washington, chances are America wouldnt exist as it is today
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Post by liamcog on Dec 23, 2017 12:02:20 GMT
What i find amazing is that 10th President (practically 9th) John Tyler has grandchildren alive today.
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Post by Jean de Lattre de Tassigny on Dec 23, 2017 16:40:06 GMT
Obviously Buchanan, the greatest president not only of the US but also the rest of human history. Either him or Hoover
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Post by liamcog on Dec 23, 2017 16:44:44 GMT
Obviously Buchanan, the greatest president not only of the US but also the rest of human history. Either him or Hoover Ah who can forget the booming economy during the Hoover presidency. I think William Henry Harrison should be mentioned for serving such a long time as President.
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Post by John Cameron of Fassiefern on Dec 23, 2017 19:13:26 GMT
Hoover may not have done well as a US president in the domestic sense, but unfortunately his efforts as a humanitarian, in which he fought famine around the world are mostly forgotten.
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Post by liamcog on Dec 23, 2017 19:55:18 GMT
Hoover may not have done well as a US president in the domestic sense, but unfortunately his efforts as a humanitarian, in which he fought famine around the world are mostly forgotten. I learned that a few days ago, it's also estimated that George Bush's PEPFAR has saved the lives of millions of Africans. As with Nixon, Johnson ect people tend to get remembered for the bad things.
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Post by Ivan Kolev on Jan 1, 2018 17:42:59 GMT
>Sees every single president up to the end of Vietnam in Poll >Tear comes out of eye cuz 'USA
Seriously though, President Truman was our greatest leader, for the following reasons:
1. WWII.
While many consider the dropping of the Atomic Bombs to be a dark chapter of American history, I'd argue the contrary. American military experts had estimated 1 million American casualties in the event of an invasion of Japan, while up to 10 million Japanese were estimated to die in such an event. If we compare death tolls, the A-Bombs killed up to 230,000. That's a massive difference.
And yes, while it is true that our conventional air campaign could have also ended the war, that risked Soviet intervention. The Soviets had already invaded Manchuria, Northern Korea and Sakhalin by August 15th, V-J Day. A conventional air campaign would have meant that the peace would have taken longer, meaning South Korea and possibly even Northern Japan could have fallen to communism by the time the Emperor would agree to peace.
2. Racial Integration.
Harry Truman's presidency saw the first executively driven campaign to integrate the country, with Truman issuing an executive order integrating the Armed Forces and the Civil Service.
3. Cold War.
As the first president of the Cold War, Truman's initial actions were to be critical for the next 40 years to follow. All in all, he was very successful.
The Marshall Plan resulted in 13 billion dollars being sent to help rebuild Western Europe, which was both a massive PR move for the United States and it helped establish Western Europe as a stable, capitalist force able to resist communist expansion (He did a very similar action with Japan). He also sent funds and arms to the Greek capitalist forces in the Greek Civil War, ultimately helping them achieve victory against the communists, and provided funds to the Turks after Stalin threatened them. The Truman Doctrine, which Truman espoused, also placed a focus on containing communism as opposed to actively attempting to exterminate it wherever it was so as to prevent a potential major conflict with the Second World.
He also wasn't afraid to stand up to the Soviet Union, forming NATO in 1949 with Western Europe, Canada, and Turkey, and airdropping supplies into West Berlin after Stalin attempted to blockade the city off and force the West to cede it to East Germany.
4. Israel
Harry Truman, against the advice of some of his closest advisors, had the U.S recognize Israel 11 minutes after they declared independence in 1948. This would lead to U.S support of Israel and helped to ensure that the Jews would have a place to live.
The only gripe I have against Truman is regarding Asia. He wasn't able to prevent Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War (Then again, it would have been tremendously difficult to prevent that) and brought the U.S into a costly, drawn out war in Korea from 1950-1953 (It was kind of essential though to prevent complete destruction of the Rhee Regime in South Korea).
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Post by Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb on Jan 5, 2018 8:29:57 GMT
James Buchanan. Definitely
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Post by IndiaBall on Apr 10, 2018 16:04:56 GMT
liamcog,where is trump, i like that guy btw i am not american so excuse me
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Post by Nobunaga Oda on Apr 11, 2018 8:32:29 GMT
liamcog,where is trump, i like that guy btw i am not american so excuse me The forum rules don't allow talk of modern day politics, so Trump cannot be on this poll.
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Post by IndiaBall on Apr 11, 2018 8:52:38 GMT
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Post by liamcog on Apr 11, 2018 21:40:10 GMT
Yeah looking back I think I went to far back but I did want to avoid the whole political side of things
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Post by Charlemagne on Oct 3, 2018 3:30:53 GMT
Hoover may not have done well as a US president in the domestic sense, but unfortunately his efforts as a humanitarian, in which he fought famine around the world are mostly forgotten. I learned that a few days ago, it's also estimated that George Bush's PEPFAR has saved the lives of millions of Africans. As with Nixon, Johnson ect people tend to get remembered for the bad things. I like reagon. I also like lincoln, grant, trump and washington. Moderated by Saltin : Post edited. Direct political statements are removed as they off topic and beyond the scope of the forum.
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