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H2O Man

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8. Great points!

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 05:31 PM

Jan 2015

Thank you for adding important information to this discussion. I really appreciate it!

Ike was pressured by hard-liners on his right -- including military and intelligence men who always were advocating extreme warfare. Certainly, he was imperfect -- his support of covert actions in Africa, the Middle East, and Central America were unethical, but a product of the times. Still, he was an honorable man, and as such, would not be a comfortable fit in today's Washington.

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