Two terms and an approval rating of 78% when he left office. What a guy.

@Chosimba13

3 жыл бұрын

And he only left office because he was the first president limited to two terms!

@dalephillips7576

3 жыл бұрын

Last good Republican President

@wyattwilbourne530

3 жыл бұрын

I won't forget how badly he treated German POWs in his death camps, even after the war was long since done

@abrahamlincoln9758

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyattwilbourne530 I just heard bout this. It's hard to find much published information about it, but there is even less refutting it.

@guillermocioli2292

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyattwilbourne530 he was Noh the only one.. French treated Even worse... British.. well it depends..

There is no way anyone should graduate from high school with out learning Ike's farewell speech to congress. Greatest president ever. Thank him every time you drive on an interstate highway.

@mandoman2874

3 жыл бұрын

Everytime I'm on the interstate and not on a high speed rail, I'm cursing him.

@rypatmackrock

3 жыл бұрын

@@mandoman2874 The high-speed rail craze did begin a bit later In the 60s with the Japanese bullet train. The 1950s was also, to rail fans, the last major golden age of passenger trains. I do agree that we need high-speed rail, yet after learning the story of the French TGV and how it virtually put local airline traffic out of business, is why special interests will fight against it. It will take we the people to fight for it. Thank goodness some local private interest has taken a stand like in Florida, and the ongoing debacle of California’s high-speed rail that I hope will see the light of day.

@ramzanninety-five3639

3 жыл бұрын

@@rypatmackrock high-speed rail was a vehicle to resolve congestion issue on Tokaido main line (quadruple-tracked and completely electrified back in the 1930s). Shinkansen was always about capacity, not speed. Same can be said about SNCF in France that took up huge electrification and rail modernization projects in the 1950s. Several American rail companies had ideas regarding higher-speed trains and they even started implementing them. Look at Lackawanna Cut-Off in NJ and PA (abandoned by Conrail in the 1980s) allowed 1920s steam trains to run at speeds above 80 mph. The cut-off was built before WWI, when it took 13 hours at best to get from Tokyo to Osaka (today it takes under 3 hours). After the war the USA had many lines that were running over capacity, but instead of subsidizing or simply letting rail companies be, Truman and Eisenhower either fought them or completely obliterated their slim profit margins. As a result, US got a white elephant of federal highways that destroyed lively neighbourhood and empty cities where there once was a railroad. Now the US has 2000 miles of electrified track. In 1920 the state of Connecticut alone had more electrified track owned by private interurban railroads (it is excluding mainline railroads that survived till now). Ironically, in the 1950s people where terrified of the Soviets levelling their cities, while they idly watched the very same cities bulldozed for a highway. Pathetic, really.

@rypatmackrock

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramzanninety-five3639 good to hear. I recently learned about the Lackawanna cut off through another KZread video, yet forgot about it. I have also been aware of the neighborhood bulldozing mainly as a product of urban renewal, and I am not surprised that highway construction was a part of that. (Many minority communities were bulldozed while others fought back with mixed results as far as I know). It was also the car companies like GM that marketed a romantic vision of freeways for cars since it would mean more car sales for them. I guess I’ve been blinded a bit from the many train videos I have seen, including here on KZread and even some ironically from the 50s and 60s. The last hurrah of classic passenger trains that spanned continent Included: The 20th century Limited from New York to Chicago. The Southern Crescent from New York to New Orleans. The sunset limited from New Orleans to Los Angeles that Amtrak still operates. The Santa Fe super chief and El Capitan from Los Angeles to Chicago. The city of San Francisco from Chicago to San Francisco likely. The Portland rose from Chicago likely to Portland Oregon. The Empire builder from Chicago to Seattle. (Still operated by Amtrak). The coast daylight or daylight limited between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The list goes on. I need to fact check myself on these historic passenger trains, yet those are the ones off the top of my head. The US was certainly a pioneer in building transcontinental railroads, (sadly of course with indigenous genocide throughout much of US history), and some companies from back then like the union pacific are still some of the big railroad companies today. Many did indeed become corporate machines, as I call them, back in the Gilded Age, were likely reined in during the new deal and Great prosperity (as Thom Hartmann describes it) up until the 70s, and in recent years once again, even if they could’ve been doing this the entire time, becoming corrupt, corporate machines all about the money instead of the general welfare of all its workers like GM and GE once were. Indeed public transit, let alone expansion are ways to relieve passenger and freight traffic depending on how much there is in the first place, and of course to a degree, the civil rights movement and subsequently passed laws provided some recourse for neighborhoods and communities that were the targets of bulldozing for urban renewal. The story of San Francisco’s international hotel, though a long struggle, is the example I use to say mixed results, yet many neighborhoods have been bulldozed as you know. All I can say is now before I fact track myself, is that it is up to we the people to organize, hold our politicians accountable that way, and maybe even run for office on top of all the organizing while remaining grounded in the original vision, and not being too corrupted by the system. It’s up to us to keep US history going with the fight to create a more perfect union. The story of San Francisco activists protesting freeway construction and successfully winning over the course of the struggle, is an inspiring story.

@Telcontar1962

3 жыл бұрын

Greatest? As in he was the key architect in the creation of a military which first betrayed and then destroyed the Constitution? The White House was occupied only by traitors between the years 1945 -2016 when the USA ceased to exist at all. Ike was just one of a very long line of hypocrites, liars, cheats and traitors. Biden was the direct and predictable outcome of that line of succession.

President Eisenhower was born 20 years after General Lee died.

“It’s hard to argue with victory.”

@DarthPlato

4 жыл бұрын

Pyrrhus would make the effort.

@jdstewart7802

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but Lee wasn't the victor. He not only lost at Gettysburg, he left two whole divisions dead on the field while what was left of his army slinked back to Virginia. Pickett's Charge in particular was a ludicrous, suicidal attack that no lieutenant would have even considered. Lee did well with what he had, but remember he was the losing commander of a defeated rebellion. He also turned his back on multiple solemn oaths he'd made to the United States to take command of the Virginia State Militia, so let's be clear about the "man of honor" thing.

@dredlord47

4 жыл бұрын

@@jdstewart7802 It was not a suicidal attack the day before, however, the Union tripled the number of men and guns at their center overnight, having come to the conclusion that that would be were Lee would attack (it was, after all their weakest point, defensively). The attack also was supposed to have been called off, but the officer that Longstreet had delegated command of the attack to gave the order to advance before the Union's guns were suppressed or silenced. This was because they were running dangerously low on munitions for their own guns. Had the attack been called off, since the prerequisite for them attacking was supposed to have been the silencing of the Union's batteries, then the battle likely would have dragged on into a fourth or even fifth day. Would the final outcome of Union victory have been changed? Perhaps not, but it may have.

@Jason-fm4my

4 жыл бұрын

@@dredlord47 I don't know how JD came to the conclusion I was referring to Lee, when Ike and Monty defeated Hitler, but your argument that Pickett's charge was a great idea doesn't hold water. Lee's aversion to clear written orders simply did more damage to an ill conceived battle, attacking a fortified position uphill against a numerically superior force. Even if he won, do you really believe it would have been worth it?

@Jason-fm4my

4 жыл бұрын

@@jdstewart7802 You misunderstand. I actually like the way Eisenhower diplomatically(the way he's famous for) responds to a reasonable assertion by his ally that defies his worldview, by saying essentially, that whatever your reasons are, I must believe what I believe. Patton might have gone on the counterattack and harmed the vital relationship with the British. That's the real victory.

I would give anything to have a man of his caliber in office today

@natashatomlinson4548

Жыл бұрын

No way today’s GOP/Nazi Party would let a good man of integrity like Ike anywhere near power today . And think about this : A LOT of Republicans would not vote for Ike today because he’s not bat&hit crazy enough for them

@boblozaintherealworld3577

Жыл бұрын

@@natashatomlinson4548 Agree with you there, Nat. Even Reagan (for whom I voted once...god save me) tried to distance himself somewhat from Ike's calmer approach to world problems. Looking at the current state of the GOP even a (mostly) Democrat like me misses both George Bush's.

@BishopWalters12

Жыл бұрын

@@natashatomlinson4548 You poor little liberal cupcake.

@BishopWalters12

Жыл бұрын

@@boblozaintherealworld3577 You've clearly been brainwashed by MSNBC, little buddy

@terry4137

Жыл бұрын

@@natashatomlinson4548 more cowbell from the communist party 😂

Ike warned us about the military industrial complex. Great general. Great prez.

@rcnelson

4 жыл бұрын

Ike was dead on right about the military-industrial complex, but he did nothing about it while he was president.

@robertthomas5906

4 жыл бұрын

He wasn't warning about that. Go back and listen to what he was really saying.

@anthonymendoza931

4 жыл бұрын

He overthrew the democracies in Guatemala and Iran setting up the problems we have today. He also let the Russians beat us to space (the rocket that we finally used had been sitting in storage for 2 years).

@armorsmith43

4 жыл бұрын

R C Nelson and Washington did nothing about the rise of partizanship.

@retirednavy8720

4 жыл бұрын

IKE was part of the military industrial complex. He was president and could have done a number of things to prevent it or weaken it. He didn't. Like all presidents he kicked the can down the road for others to take care of. He was a good general (not a warrior though since he never led troops in combat and functioned as more of an administer), but he was at best a mediocre president who got lucky because in his time in office there were no major crises for him to deal with. He got the luck of the draw in being between Korea and Vietnam in an era of stability. Nobody knows how he would have handled a major crisis as a politician since the military on civilan ways of doing things are completely different.

Context: Eisenhower's first command (Feb 1918) was at Camp Colt near Gettysburg, specifically training tank crews at the site of Pickett's Charge. He loved the area and after his presidency retired to a farm right next to the Gettysburg battlefield. So Monty Monday morning quarterbacking that battle was going to get Ike's attention.

@johnmarshall4442

3 жыл бұрын

Been to Gettysburg. You can see his former estate the farm from one of the viewing towers on the battlefield. I enjoyed my visit there, stayed the night in Gettysburg a true historical experience.

@ragnarragnarson9393

3 жыл бұрын

And guess how Patton and Eisenhower got acquainted? Through the brand new (at the time) tank division of the military. Funny but true story, Eisenhower asked Patton to draw up a uniform for the "tankers" who would be driving these new metal monsters and Patton came up with a qausi-football uniform with golden trim and other stuff. Eisenhower turned it down as "too flashy" 😁

@colinecollard533

2 жыл бұрын

IrishCarney Tell me - *how* did he train tank crews at the site of Pickett's Charge in February 1918 when there was no production of tanks in the USA at this time? Here's what you can read on the net: "When the US entered the war in April 1917, its army was short of heavy matériel, and had no tanks at all. Because of the wartime demands on French industry, it was decided that the quickest way to supply the American forces with sufficient armor was to manufacture the Renault FT in the US. A requirement of 4,400 of a modified version, the M1917, was decided on, with delivery expected to begin in April, 1918. By June 1918, US manufacturers had failed to produce any, and delivery dates were put back until September. France therefore agreed to lend 144 FTs, enough to equip two battalions. No M1917s reached the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) until the war was over." "By June 1918, US manufacturers had failed to produce any" Would you kindly explain to me how Eisenhower trained tank crews without tanks ? I found this on the net: "Tanks were a technological revolution in 1916 and developing their role and usefulness in battle was a new strategy. They were so new that domestic companies had not yet begun production of an American version in 1918, so the U.S. Army relied on the British-made heavy tanks and the small French tanks referred to as the FT-17 or Renault tanks, a two man vehicle armed with a machine gun or light 37mm gun. Yet for the first three months of Camp Colt’s operation, there were no tanks available and Eisenhower’s men trained on a variety of car chassis made to look like tanks that were built by two innovative Brooklyn soldiers. The first of two real FT-17’s arrived in June." So basically two Brooklyn soldiers came up with the idea of using cars dressed up as tanks? Not even tracked vehicles? Only two real FT-17 tanks arrived in June 1918. Well, it's a crude cross drill in that case. I doubt the terrain also was similar to what was found on the Western Front during WWI. Interesting anecdote, but of little value to Eisenhower both as a military commander and politician. He learned the real lessons when he entered the proper war.

@teller1290

2 жыл бұрын

Did Monty come to see Eisenhower and together they war games Gettysburg or did Monty just issue this opinion on his own.

@kenscheper

Жыл бұрын

I live near Gettysburg and visit his house often. It is a very peaceful place.

The fact that two incredible military commanders were debating and arguing over a conflict nearly 100 years prior.

I was in kindergarten and elementary school when Eisenhower was president (yes, I'm that old)....

@jackman6256

3 жыл бұрын

Me to I remember him too an I also remember where I was the day j f k Died there were lots of sad days in our Great nations past but now days Seams like some are doing there best to start it all over Its sad the way things are changing just pray people will wake up

@davidbaker6941

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@imnotgayyy8489

3 жыл бұрын

So how old are you all??

@johnshehtanian1895

3 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha, I'm just a youngster!....didn't start Kindergarten until JFK :)

@johnmarshall4442

3 жыл бұрын

People that are of that age , really see through the BS !!!!!!!!

Wow - just - what in the world happened to the Americans ? All these old films - the people are bright and snappy - alert and intelligent.

@andrewrehnert4997

22 күн бұрын

For the past 60 years or so the media has been infiltrated with smart-asses, that’s what happened!

@misterschubert3242

14 күн бұрын

"Dr" Timothy Leary...and Frankfurt School psychologists taking over the universities...those are the main culprits

@brianmatthews4323

12 күн бұрын

Pride, greed, hedonism, godlessness.

@John-ws5oh

2 күн бұрын

Welfare, federal government control of schools, no discipline, no respect for each other or to our nation,the road to hell is paved on good intentions.

Lee's exact words after Pickets charge were "this is all my fault"

@robertthomas5906

3 жыл бұрын

That's right, it was his fault. He ordered it. Probably his worst mistake in the war.

@bp4187

3 жыл бұрын

Lee made many mistakes. Grant beat him badly, twice.

@kevinmc4860

3 жыл бұрын

@@bp4187 Petersburg?

@datguy8006

3 жыл бұрын

Describe badly. The overland campaign was an absolute mess for Grant he got his butt kicked time after time. It was a miracle Lee did as well as he did. Now I’m not saying Lee is the god of war but you can’t just word it as if it were a one sided campaign. Man lost about 20,000 more.

@Paul-oc6tk

2 жыл бұрын

@@datguy8006 Grant lost more men then Lee had in his entire army. Then he lost roughly the same amount again in from of Petersburg(battles of the crater, reams station etc)

Can you imagine a President complimenting Robert E Lee as a General now? He would get hammered.

@cabanford

4 ай бұрын

Did you miss the note of irony in his voice?

@lindsey7951

3 ай бұрын

With good reason the man was a traitor...

@AaronTheGreat________

2 ай бұрын

@@lindsey7951😂😂😂

@AaronTheGreat________

2 ай бұрын

@@cabanfordChrist it wasn’t irony u idiot it’s just not a man who chooses sides like a little kid

@garymorris1856

2 ай бұрын

@@lindsey7951 So were our Founding Fathers in the eyes of Great Britain.

Eisenhower lived in a house on the Gettysburg battlefield property.

@2cool4fluoride

4 жыл бұрын

BabyBoomerChannel just south of Cemetery Ridge. You can visit there if you go to the battlefield. I was an intern there.

@theenquiringone7353

4 жыл бұрын

Nice house and farmland ...... I've toured there twice. It was a pleasure to see that Ike and Mamie lived much like regular people. He loved having the grandkids visit. Kansas roots run deep .......... The Secret Service agents on Ike's detail felt that it was a dream assignment, said the ranger. It's very quiet, there, adjacent to the battlefield ........ and not terribly far from the White House, either.

@Havanorange

4 жыл бұрын

why wouldn't they have lived in the White House?

@jeremiahblake3949

4 жыл бұрын

@@Havanorange they lived in the farmhouse after the presidency. Every president can have secret service protection for life.

@teller1290

4 жыл бұрын

Should be burned for championing (incredibly) racist traitor Lee as one of out too four. Just outrageous. He ought not to be on dollar coin and his name and likenesses should be removed from museums, White House, etc. Unreal. Somebody ought to get this to Congressional Black Caucus and media.

When I served in the Army (2014) I had the privilege of working in the same building that he and MacArthur worked in when they were young Lieutenants back in 1919 in what was then known as Camp Meade Maryland. I got to keep an old briefing podium from WW2 that was going to be thrown out. It still has the old DOD labels on it.

@opera93

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, really interesting....I done Honor Guard @ Purdue Cadre 1965-67 ( SSG), we got touches of History: FORT **Benjamin Harrison ( INDIANAPOLIS ,INDIANA,CLOSED NOW), their PX: Purdue** Armory , and ETC. .. Actually thought I would be career, erc.

@robertthomas5906

3 жыл бұрын

How cool. It's amazing what they throw out.

@michaelbee2165

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertthomas5906 unimaginable that history like that would be tossed. It makes one wonder how many other items if significant historical value have been thrown away; in spite of the museums all across the country that would have clamored for them.

@fairfaxcat1312

3 жыл бұрын

Did they get along? Truman treated MacArthur wrong.

@vespertin

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I served at Fort Meade 1983-88.

The truth is Ike would have done the same thing if he was in General Lee's shoes at Gettysburg. D- Day was a major gamble and could've easily cost Ike his job as commanding general of all Allied forces if it failed. Truth is General Robert E. Lee was haunted by his mistake at Gettysburg for the rest of his life. Right after the battle he gave President Jefferson Davis his resignation but Davis wouldn't take it. There wasn't another general in the Confederate army that could've replaced Lee. During the war and after the people on both sides respected Lee and in the end Lee became a fine American role model. He didn't have bitterness in his heart and lead by example to become a honorary citizen in the United States of America. To understand Lee is to understand the complex relationship people have of their country's government.

@carltonreese4854

Жыл бұрын

Not so sure about that. Ike was pretty cautious -- were he not, then he would have let Patton do his thing and WWII would have ended sooner and without an Iron Curtain.

@stewartj3407

Жыл бұрын

@Carlton Reese yep, just that simple.

@charlesmartin1121

Жыл бұрын

Well said except for the first part. Quite apart from the battlefield decisions. I can't see Eisenhower fighting to preserve slavery.

@robertn3121

Ай бұрын

Gettysburg, was a major tactical blunder. When Lee failed to take the high ground on day one, he should have followed Longstreet’s advice to withdraw and juxtapose his forces on better ground. After numerous victories he got caught up in his own press and forced a fight he was destined to lose.

@garymorris1856

Ай бұрын

"Ike would have done the same thing if he was in General Lee's shoes at Gettysburg," There is absolutely NO way for you or anyone to know such a thing, your statement is ridiculous.

I love how he spoke with his arms crossed often. You don't see that anymore.

@josephosheavideos3992

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that too, but not a positively as you did. Speaking with one's arms crossed is a sign of defensiveness (unless the room is very cold). Thankfully, Ike seemed to become more at ease as the press conference continued and thus, uncrossed his arms.

@FastAF420

5 ай бұрын

@@josephosheavideos3992 Thats just nu aged b.s.

@bobanderson6656

Ай бұрын

​@josephosheavideos3992 i have to respectfully disagree as well. A lot goes into "body language ". And it's one of those things where everybody is an expert.....

@FordHoard

Ай бұрын

@@bobanderson6656 Yeah "body language" is such BS. Everyone is different.

@markberryhill2715

Ай бұрын

Most of the time speaking with your arms closed means you don't want to hear what the other side has to say. Rude,if improperly used.

If you are bred into military history and steeped in traditional values as Eisenhower was then you're going to admire a man's victories and his behavior at defeat (which in Lee's case was very good). Which explains Eisenhower's admiration. I mean frankly if anyone else than Lee had been in charge of the Southern army we could have expected continued guerrilla warfare for maybe another year.

@ThePauprinceaz09

4 жыл бұрын

Whether he was in charge or not the guerrilla warfare continued with the Klu Klux Klan Jim Crow laws and segregation

@pmcclaren1

4 жыл бұрын

and then we would have won the war.

@ThePauprinceaz09

4 жыл бұрын

@@pmcclaren1 Traders and acts of treason are punishable by Death he had no court case at no judge and no jury a peace treaty was signed and he was free to go about his business General Lee's Behavior after losing wasn't just realizing that he lost and he lost graciously but how history would view him and legally as a treasonous party he should have been put to death him and his fellow generals and commanders ... he didn't want the remnants of his lost cause to be used to keep a lost cause alive after admitting fault and loss he himself said statues to a lost cause should not be built in my memory to paraphrase .. paraphrase

@charlesr7690

4 жыл бұрын

@@pmcclaren1 Why am I not surprised. Losers never forget an Ass "Kickin"

@ThePauprinceaz09

4 жыл бұрын

@7MGTESupraTurboA The logic here is simple General Lee that he speaks of was a US citizen who went against the United States all those other leaders are from foreign countries praising them is idiotic and irrelevance to the point that I'm making treason is punishable by Death which is what General Lee and his fellow commanders committed but instead they were given the green light to go about their business which also helped create the Klu Klux Klan Jim Crow laws and segregation that is a fact You do not catch a snake a venomous snake that has been ravaging your community and then allowed to live and set it free it'll come back and bite you again

Both Robert E. Lee and Dwight Eisenhower were great generals. Eisenhower was one of our great presidents and I would trust his evaluation of a fellow Army officer every time.

@jkrasney1

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed - General Robert E. Lee was on President Eisenhower's Mt. Rushmore of four astonishing Americans.

@teller1290

2 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is that when I first heard this I was so astonished at hearing Lee's name, I failed to notice he said "Franklin" instead of "Jefferson."

@squid.com8927

2 жыл бұрын

@@jkrasney1 how ridiculous is it to idealize a treacherous slavery who fought for what he knew was wrong

@TonyWud

2 жыл бұрын

Only 1 of those 2 honored a sacred oath to the United States Constitution. The other was a traitor and should've been hung.

@t4texastom587

2 жыл бұрын

@@squid.com8927 Tell me what was...... "wrong".

An honourable man that if you’re a soldier or citizen, you can put your full trust in

We as a nation have been blessed with so many giants of men. Eisenhower was one of those giants.

@howardbangert4247

Ай бұрын

AMEN!

@brianmatthews4323

12 күн бұрын

Yes, and we wasted the legacy they gave us.

Young man, from the wrong side of the tracks, in my home town. I will always be amazed at his accomplishments.

@CrankyHermit

Жыл бұрын

Ad Astra.

What a great president he was. Very humble but commands a room without question.

@ruffian2952

3 жыл бұрын

Like Putin?

@venividi8523

3 жыл бұрын

He governed during the easiest period of time in American history.

@Shatamx

3 жыл бұрын

@@venividi8523 And? His leadership before his presidency is why it was “easy”.

@venividi8523

3 жыл бұрын

@@Shatamx Wtf are you talking about, he was a general he wasn't a policymaker.

@troygipson9643

2 жыл бұрын

@@venividi8523 The period after WWII was dangerous because of the Cold War and also the Korean War was a challenge. The 1950's were a much more stable and peaceful time than after WWII, however the US and Russia were in the beginning of a long Cold War. Honestly i don't see your point about the 1950's being the easiest period of time in American history. Our nation has had some periods that were relatively peaceful and properous as the 1990's. But there were also lots of domestic problems in the 1950's after Brown vs Board of Education and President Eisenhower had to send in the National guard in Little Rock, Arkansas to ensure that the laws were enforced.

The same guy who warned us against the the very real threat of the military industrial complex...

@tracymiller1149

Жыл бұрын

And I don't think the USA has done a good job at keeping an eye on that, and I think it's entirely too large and powerful.

Dwight Eisenhower was one of our greatest military general's. I wonder what he would have to say about those who tear down Robert E. Lee statues? What would his response be if he were live today?

@JDP2104

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad all the greatest Americans like Ike are deceased so they dont have to witness this sort of bullshit

@tooleyheadbang4239

3 жыл бұрын

@@JDP2104 Ike's own statues will be dragged down soon...

@hamiljohn

3 жыл бұрын

He wasn't a fan of racists.

@tabplaylist1506

3 жыл бұрын

Lee was a slaveholding, white supremacist and a traitor to his country. Why should we have statues to someone who was a leader in an insurrection against our government for the purpose of enslaving others.

@seymourbutts9085

3 жыл бұрын

@@JDP2104 Why do revere confederate statues and memorials erected by racist democrats ?

And Patton was one heck of a warrior!

When people actually stood up when the president arrived

@blueclover9918

2 жыл бұрын

When Presidents actually took their oath seriously

@matthewlee9728

Жыл бұрын

@@blueclover9918 yes most now arnt worthy of us satnding

@blueclover9918

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewlee9728 💯💯💯

Montgomery: "Lee should've been fired after Gettysburg." Bold words for a man who literally sent multiple paratrooper divisions to their deaths in the Netherlands.

@brianbrady4496

2 жыл бұрын

Montgomery should have been fired 24 hours after d day

@bluerock4456

Жыл бұрын

@@brianbrady4496 Why? Monty's plan worked virtually to a T. His plan encompassed drawing the German armour onto the Poles, British & Canadians & grinding them down to shadows of their former selves. This allowed the Americans to then perform their massive sweep out of the Cherbourg sector, and help force the Germans back across the Seine. Monty's plan allowed for 90 days; the Allies did it in what?, 75?

@davidjarkeld2333

Жыл бұрын

Only one para division took serious casualities and that was because a second division failed to follow its order on the first day. If they had Market Garden would have been very different.

@brucenorman8904

Жыл бұрын

@@bluerock4456 Drawing the German Panzers to the British sector was not part of any plan. The British, and Canadians were unable to achieve the gains Montgomery had planned for them in the initial stages of Overlord. The Reason the Germans concentrated their Panzers in the British sector was the terrain. The American sector was almost entirely bocage. Whereas beyond Caen there was good tank country in the British sector.

@victorduncan3254

Ай бұрын

The British evacuation at Dunkirk was masterminded by Montgomery. Without him, certain annihilation would have happened in France, and Britain would have lost the war. Before the Americans would have had a chance to defend England. The British don't win in North Africa, without Monty. Genius of a man

Ike was a hell of a leader. Marshall was a hell of a statesman.

@paratrooper629

3 жыл бұрын

Marshall was the best man in WW2 to be army chief of staff. I cannot imagine anyone back then doing a better job. I have often wondered about GCM as supreme commander for Overlord. That begs the question where does Ike go? Army chief of staff? Commander of the MTO?

@fredrickmillstead6397

3 жыл бұрын

@@paratrooper629 I believe that GCM was absolutely in the right position as COS, and Ike was right for the eto. My complaint is McArthur, dugout Doug was the wrong man with the wrong ego for the Pacific theater.

I like Ike!

@maskedmarvyl4774

4 жыл бұрын

Then you like evil. You also like a man who never wanted integration or equality for black people, and said so many times. Is that what you like about him?

@kevinw9073

4 жыл бұрын

@@maskedmarvyl4774 Eisenhower backed and Congress passed the 1957 Civil Rights Act. This was a major step to allowing Blacks the right to vote. One of the provisions included was to make sure monitoring of the vote was done to allow access and that voters be informed on the proper procedures. To make a sweeping statement that he never wanted integration is a bit absurd. Truman took the first step to integrate the armed forces. FDR did nothing and would never allow voting of any kind and would not even demands to remove "Lynching Laws" in the south.

@kevinw9073

4 жыл бұрын

@@maskedmarvyl4774 In 1957 Ile

@kevinw9073

4 жыл бұрын

P.S. When did Ike say "he never wanted integration or equality for Back people?" PLEASE BE SPECIFIC I cant find the quote??????????????

@maskedmarvyl4774

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinw9073 , Yes, President Eisenhower did, and I couldn't agree with you more about the deeply hypocritical President Roosevelt who refused to sign a single anti-lynching bill out of fear of losing Southern support. He knew of the Nazi extermination camps and only aided the Jews when he absolutely had to. However, Eisenhower was not a champion of black civil rights. Here is an exhaustively researched piece about Eisenhower's actions during that time: millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/age-of-eisenhower/struggle-civil-rights I will answer your other texts soon.

Franklin, Washington, Lincoln and Lee. Americans of today, study these examples President Eisenhower offered to you.

@BradWatsonMiami

4 жыл бұрын

Washington was reincarnated as Lee who returned as Eisenhower. Franklin was reincarnated as Lincoln who returned as Einstein who was reincarnated as... see 7seals.blogspot.com .

@hume1963

4 жыл бұрын

Lee would be vilified today by many people because he fought for the South and was a slave owner. He was a great man.

@clementjohnson2666

4 жыл бұрын

@@hume1963 considering the fact that he was on the side of the confederacy , and you say he owned slaves too !! l don't see how you can call him a great man . He fought to keep slavery intact . My opinion is as follows ; Had the south won the war , the Emancipation Proclamation wouldn't have been worth the paper it was written on. As a result , slavery would have lasted God only knows how many " MORE" years before it would have "Finally Ended" . Anyone who would have fought to keep slavery as a mainstay , such as General Robert E . Lee is not and l repeat , Not a great man .

@stevenwiederholt7000

4 жыл бұрын

@@hume1963 The Problem with those people is they don't Read History...and they live in a Black & White world, and suffer from Presentism...applying today,s standards to historical figures.

@VersusARCH

4 жыл бұрын

Whatever brings southern votes...

But Lee is in mountains now, beyond Appomattox Listening long for voices that will never speak again from the poem "Lee In Mountains"

That's what a President should look like.

@BillMorganChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Trump is way better and would have won Viet Nam.

@terryallen9546

4 жыл бұрын

Right, Bill. Except for his bone spurs and all his draft dodging he would have made a great commander in chief. Why have you allowed your brain to be abused like that?

@BillMorganChannel

4 жыл бұрын

@@terryallen9546 I am sorry about the traumatic event in your past that made you a hater, I truly am! It is sad that emotional events of the past have warped your perception of great leadership and direction. I mean that sincerely. May I ask you a question, and I ask with kindness...what do you think will happen to you after you die? Let's talk.

@baronvonhypnosis

4 жыл бұрын

bald?

@BillMorganChannel

4 жыл бұрын

@@GB-jc8eo Oh you mean the wars your Bush and your Obama started? How is ISIS doing? Trump said I will bomb the S&## out of them and did. Afghanistan is unwinnable. Do you consider yourself "Conservative" yet hate Trump? Who is your dream President?"

Ike understood that General Lee was a great man and general. Caught up in the 19th century mores' and politics he ranked Lee among the giants of his era.

@Holret

5 жыл бұрын

He was so good that he lost the war. good one!

@BradWatsonMiami

4 жыл бұрын

Oliver Cromwell was reincarnated as George Washington who returned as Robert E. Lee who was reincarnated as Dwight D. Eisenhower.

@taxicab1365

4 жыл бұрын

My question is why did he place Lee in the top 4? I wish he went into detail. Does anyone knows why! Thanks

@Iron-sy4yp

4 жыл бұрын

John Mac he was a traitor simple as that

@michaelbarnett2527

4 жыл бұрын

David Vazquez Thats right , he didn’t do it secretly. He openly stood for his state .He wouldn’t fight against Virginia, his home. He was actually a patriot because he didn’t turn his back on his state and people. I know it’s hard for some people to understand in this day and age of a big , centralized government, but it wasn’t always like this. States have a much better grip on what their residents desire and need than the federal government ever will...

There are no American leaders who are this well-spoken any more.

@terry4137

Жыл бұрын

Citizens either!

@gringo19860

10 ай бұрын

Pres. Obama was well spoken & funny off the cuff (I'll give him that), but his sleepy ol' sidekick can't put one coherent sentence together without the teleprompter. America is past its best it seems... 😢 Where are all the good men (and patriots to vote them in)?

@zachgates7491

Ай бұрын

Funny you say that because Democrats of the day claimed Ike was a tongue-tied amateur politician

@mscommerce

Ай бұрын

@@gringo19860 Nah! Joe has the gift of blarney, and his tales and slight exaggerations have always had something of the style of a tale told in an Irish bar somewhere in blue collar Delaware or Pennsylvania! But yeah, maybe not Presidential sounding. He's no FDR or JFK.

Lee said there shouldn't be any civil war monuments anywhere, north or south. He believed it was better forgotten.

@BillMorganChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Lee also said to never use a sand wedge when chipping.

@busydem6161

4 жыл бұрын

Course he did he lost.

@BillMorganChannel

4 жыл бұрын

@@busydem6161 Lee was huge off the tee though...it could pound out that feathered ball 125 yards which was big back then

@remingtonsloan8331

4 жыл бұрын

@@busydem6161 I also don't think he entirely agreed with the reasons for the war. He called slavery a great evil because of what it did to the slave and the master.

@BillMorganChannel

4 жыл бұрын

@Green Giant He also was half-chinese, but the history books never said that...

I walked by his grave last week and I could hear him spinning.

@chrisoneill3999

3 жыл бұрын

No, what you heard was the fires of Hell crackling.

By far best modern president the USA has had.

@paulohara8967

5 жыл бұрын

When there were principles and morals.

@WMJCPA

5 жыл бұрын

IKE was the first President that had to deal with the full scale cold war. Also, he was the first to enforce desegregation laws when he sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock to Trump Governor Orville Faubus so that black students could attend high school. IK never shirked his duty wherever it was. What impresses me most is that he went.to West Point since.his parents could not afford.to send him to college. He was willing.to trade a few years in the army for an education. Well after.he graduated he spent.the rest of his life serving the country. A truly great man.

@dikhed1639

5 жыл бұрын

@Tim Cantrell He was forced to change what he intended to say: it was "the military-industrial-congressional complex"!

@dikhed1639

5 жыл бұрын

@@WMJCPA I wouldn't say that. I would say that would be Truman who confronted Stalin and squarely too. The only mistake I believe Truman made was he didn't use the bomb on China. that , however is arguable.

@shadowferas

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on what you mean by “modern”.

I love that 50s accent

@edwardpate6128

4 жыл бұрын

What on Earth is a 50's accent? It is exactly how I speak today.

@G5rry

4 жыл бұрын

What might be mistaken for an "accent" is actually someone who can speak clearly, coherently and directly to a question posed to them and not some rambling tirade of a narcissist that goes goes nowhere and doesn't even answer the question.

@connorodum6710

4 жыл бұрын

It’s really more of a Kansas accent

@johnharris7751

4 жыл бұрын

@Jim lastname you think he was referring to the Bern.

@johnharris7751

4 жыл бұрын

@Jim lastname good for you, my mom use to pack me a lunch every morning and make me look for a job, times sure has changed since the late seventies.

Great man!

I humbly suggest that George C. Marshall should be mentioned in the same breath as Robert E. Lee and General Eisenhower.

@l.a.mottern3106

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. Gen Marshall was a quiet giant.

One our best presidents.

@non-wokemillennialakat85re72

2 жыл бұрын

Him Kennedy FDR Truman and Reagan were the best presidents of all the 1900s combined IMO....Carter Hoover and Buchanan were the worst IMO....

@Paballo_Kgotle

2 жыл бұрын

The best - period

On being asked about mistakes, I thought he was going to say “Market Garden”

Ike one of the most under rated presidence in modern history.

Ever the politician, Eisenhower never would have criticized General Lee because Lee was: (1) dead; and (2) extremely popular especially in the South which was going to be in play in future elections. Eisenhower understood where the real power centers were and cultivated them, always. This was his one main skill (besides being a good poker player). It enabled him to overcome all his shortcomings in rising to power. Thus he rose to be Supreme Commander in the European Theater of Operations in World War II despite never having shown any particular talent in warfare and despite never having commanded troops in combat, ever.

@SandfordSmythe

3 жыл бұрын

You forget when Churchill harrassed him on this lack of war experience, he responded he never designed any failed invasions[ like Churchill's Gallipoli ] . He was an expert administrator and politician which is why he filled those positions during his career. Which were pretty much his job description as Supreme Commander dealing with many generals, Prime Minsters and Presidents.

@Steveross2851

3 жыл бұрын

​@@SandfordSmythe was that before or after Eisenhower signed off on Montgomery's disastrous Operation Market Garden? What about the Bay of Pigs fiasco, a plan hatched during the Eisenhower administration, which JFK later authorized. Military brass holdovers from before JFK took office told him it would work and it led to the Cuban Missile crisis. According to JFK he went ahead despite qualms against his better judgment. Eisenhower doesn't deserve all the blame for these disasters but he bears some responsibility for them. Eisenhower was extremely lucky both as ETO Supreme Commander and later as U.S. President. He had overwhelmingly superior American industrial might behind him giving him huge margin for error. But relations with England and France never fully recovered from his mishandling of the 1956 Suez crisis. He was totally schooled, manipulated, and outwitted by Egypt's President Nasser in the Suez crisis. No Eisenhower certainly wasn't the worst military Commander or President, far from it. But greatness is not a word I would associate with him. Churchill made mistakes too, no one is perfect. But Churchill may have saved England in 1940. I would take Churchill's leadership over Eisenhower's any day.

@SandfordSmythe

3 жыл бұрын

@@Steveross2851 Eisenhower was very morally correct to stay out of the neo-colonialism in the Suez Canal fiasco.

@Steveross2851

3 жыл бұрын

​@@SandfordSmythe Eisenhower didn't "stay out" of the Suez fiasco. He threatened the British, French, and Israelis with severe economic sanctions unless they withdrew. He wanted a "quiet" 1956 abroad so he could be uneventfully reelected. But by siding with radical Pan Arab Nationalists and the Soviets against England, France, and Israel, Eisenhower guaranteed future Middle East wars. He signaled NATO that the U.S. under Eisenhower was an unreliable ally. No, the much later Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt and even later Oslo Accords between Israel and the PLO did not herald Middle East peace. But Eisenhower may have damaged any chance of a stronger more durable peace in the 1950s. Eisenhower's actions also signaled the Arab world that radicalism not moderation was most politically pragmatic for them. Eventually that led much later to Al Qaeda, ISIS, and all kinds of oppression much worse than any Western 20th century colonialism. Throughout his administration Eisenhower, the "great poker player" sent mixed signals which confused and frustrated friends and foes alike. This led opposing sides in the Suez crisis and later in the fall of 1956 in the Hungarian Revolution to miscalculate. To be fair to Eisenhower, he wasn't the only U.S. President to play a double game with disastrous long term consequences in places like Vietnam and elsewhere. And since the world is a tyranny filled mess there are never easy answers. But again, Eisenhower though politically skilled was far from a great leader.

@wadefarmer1269

3 жыл бұрын

@@Steveross2851 By your standards; If Ike was not a great leader, then no president was after G.Washington.

In a way, Ike may have presided at the peak of American prosperity. It can return.

@michaeldangelo4521

3 жыл бұрын

No It can’t, the country has been lost. Ike and Monty both fought on the wrong side, and now the world has been handed over to a communist hell.

@blossomjoseph5541

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldangelo4521 they are trying to take guns, pack the supreme court, letting in millions of ill eagles. People have to see what theyre doing, we do.Wait till riots and market crash.

@blossomjoseph5541

3 жыл бұрын

@Tom AZ I think the attempt to take guns may be the tipping point. I just read about project Looking Glass on Disclosure Library yesterday on bitchute. Very eye opening , tell me what you think

@kenhankin5073

3 жыл бұрын

you got that right - next was a catholic president and a catholic war in Vietnam that was the beginning of the end

@marccondon4136

2 жыл бұрын

that would require the US to be a net exporter.

"Franklin, Washington, Lincoln, and Lee." One of these things is not like the other.

@feudinggreeks3316

Ай бұрын

Go to bed Canadian.

Imagine if General Lee accepted Lincoln’s offer to command the Union Army. The war may have been over in a year or so. Unfortunately, his allegiance was to the state of Virginia and caused 4 years of absolute carnage. With that said, Lee was a great General and made Union Commanders look like fools until he met Meade at Gettysburg and later on General Grant.

@SandfordSmythe

2 жыл бұрын

His allegiance was to where his money and property were.

@leesenger3094

Жыл бұрын

His Generals burnt my Families and their neighbor's(down the way) in the Valley, homes to the ground after they stole everything that was not nailed down! 7 generations later, never forget!!! Lee, was a Traitor!!!!

@pogveteranar9415

Жыл бұрын

Allegiance to one’s state before national government is a founding American principle that we have sadly forgotten.

@eq1373

Жыл бұрын

@@SandfordSmythe and family

I think Monty was commenting solely on Lee’s generalship at Gettysburg, not Lee’s overall abilities during the entire Civil War. That is a separate issue. I agree there were errors Lee made in deciding to attack the entire Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg which was holding the high ground. I know he was looking for “a knockout blow”, but it turned out be a suicide, not a homicide. However, overall, I think Lee was a masterful General, and, given the resources available, defended his State of Virginia brilliantly, which, sadly, only prolonged the inevitable.

@snipersnest6088

2 жыл бұрын

Jefferson Davis basically pushed Lee into his mindset at Gettysburg. Davis knew it too.

@keeganbehrens1667

2 жыл бұрын

Thank god he took a fat L to the greatest general of the civil war, U.S. Grant. Who won and strategized every major Union victory.

@antonihardonk8970

Жыл бұрын

Grant looked beyond the army he was traveling with and always focused on the entire strategy.

@johnabbott257

Жыл бұрын

@@keeganbehrens1667 Sure, then grant and sherman proceeded to exterminate the American indians.

@1ouncebird

Жыл бұрын

@@keeganbehrens1667 The thing about Grant though is that he had at his disposal way, way, way more and better resources to use. In the end he did a great job with that advantage and won the war but a big advantage it was. Lee had nothing like that and did a splendid job none the less. Except at Gettysburg.

General Lee was a master tactician, and he was one of the finest officers USMA (West Point) ever produced.

@Will-tm5bj

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah and how did that work out for him?

@Mark-yy2py

4 жыл бұрын

Will Scrudato great military commanders not always win- look at Napoleon and Rommel. McArthur lost the Philippines in 42 before reclaiming it in 45.

@kystars

4 жыл бұрын

@@Will-tm5bj oh nice comment. You are saying he was a bad commander because he lost at Gettysburg? He was outnumbered and the battle was really a draw. He decided to attack the center with his last untested infantry. It didn't work. It doesn't mean he was a bad commander. The war did NOT END there now did it? The war raged on another year and a half, almost 2 years. Jeb Stuart his much needed calvary didn't show up until the last day.. was that his fault? so how did your knowledge of the civil war work out for you?

@kystars

4 жыл бұрын

I agree 100 percent

@Rickenbacker1985

4 жыл бұрын

He may have had better results if it werent for the navy blockades depriving him of his supplies.

He left out the part where Lee said "Never fight uphill, me boys."

Gen Lee was chosen to lead the Army of the Republic by President Lincoln, but had to respectfully decline. He was a native Virginian, and unfortunately couldn’t turn his back on his family. Lee was a highly respected military leader.

@ThePauprinceaz09

4 жыл бұрын

Hey ummmm Traders and acts of treason are punishable by Death he had no court case at no judge and no jury a peace treaty was signed and he was free to go about his business General Lee's Behavior after losing wasn't just realizing that he lost and he lost graciously but how history would view him and legally as a treasonous party he should have been put to death him and his fellow generals and commanders ... he didn't want the remnants of his lost cause to be used to keep a lost cause alive after admitting fault and loss he himself said statues to a lost cause should not be built in my memory to paraphrase .. paraphrase

@C0NSTANTINUS

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePauprinceaz09 he was actually pardoned so hes not a traitor lol

@ThePauprinceaz09

3 жыл бұрын

@@C0NSTANTINUS The pardon does not change the act that he committed that's like ssaying President Nixon didn't obstruct Justice because President Ford pardon him I know white privilege is hard to deny

@C0NSTANTINUS

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePauprinceaz09 yes it does , it removes you from said crimes.

@C0NSTANTINUS

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePauprinceaz09 it absolves you of said crime . Yea it can , but people can still think he’s a murderer

Lee went the way his state went. If Virginia had gone with the union, he would have been a union General. His politics didn't enter into it much. He went the way his home went.

@robertmoore6149

3 жыл бұрын

But he didnt stay at home. Not taking arms against your state is one thing, but he choose another path. He betrayed his oath and fought against his country.

@robertmoore6149

3 жыл бұрын

@@bluegoose1342 Actually because of his actions, he lost his home.... literally. It was confiscated and became Arlington National Cemetery. It is highly unlikey that his home would be taken had he not unsheathed his sword against the Stars and Stripes. So his traitorous actions were counterproductive. Yes, he did have a choice. And few in the 19th or 21st centuries would think it unjust had he sat it out. But he didn't. The armies he led killed all most as many US serviceman as WWII, and thats the difference.

@Shatamx

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertmoore6149 Very odd calling Southerners traitors when they had the same principles our founding fathers did.

@robertmoore6149

3 жыл бұрын

@@Shatamx Which side was the US and which side specifically said it was not? Rather easy math. Also not sure how "no taxation without representation" is the same as "unlimited expansion of slavery"

@robertmoore6149

3 жыл бұрын

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."-Article III, Section 3, Clause 1 US Constitution

Thomas Jonathan Jackson and Nathan Bedford Forrest were the Confederacy's best generals. Any serious student of Civil War military history knows this. Lee's hubris was responsible for the disaster at Gettysburg. He knew it, which is why, to his credit, he tried to resign his command days later.

@MasteringJohn

4 жыл бұрын

Jackson and Forrest were superb tacticians, but tactical expertise is not the same as strategic/operational vision. Gettysburg happened in part because Stuart was not present to screen the Confederates movements and provide information on the Union's position, with Pickett's Charge being the final gamble of an army that could ill-afford fleeing back to the Confederacy without a victory under its belt, and for whom even retreating would be a perilous task (one of the reasons why Meade did not pursue Lee as he retreated was because his own corps were chopped to hell, and he wasn't certain how damaged the Confederates were in comparison). The risks Lee took were dangerous, but calculated and necessary when fighting a war against a nation which cannot be beaten by attrition. Jackson's greatest talent was his ability to execute Lee's directives, and along with Longstreet, consult and critique his plans. When Jackson died, Lee lost what had been a key part of his planning process, not just an excellent subordinate. This is not to say that Gettysburg (or an analogous confrontation) would have been won had Jackson lived. After all, Antietam wasn't exactly a stellar success either, and the sole reason why the Union didn't crush them there was because McClellan's information on the Confederate's strength was seriously skewed. But there are a variety of factors which make victory impossible, even for the general who does everything right. And Ewell (who replaced Jackson as commander of the Second Corps) was far less proactive and aggressive a commander, something which Lee could hardly help.

@kurtsherrick2066

4 жыл бұрын

As you know Lee was trying to make Gettysburg the last battle of the War. Unfortunately it didn't work out that way. "We are drowning in a sea of blood. I want this to be the last battle."

@SocratesTheWiseOne-tr3uf

4 жыл бұрын

Robert don't mention Forrest with Jackson. Jackson was legitimate and Forrest cherry picked battles and knew damn well when not to be around

@kurtsherrick2066

4 жыл бұрын

@@SocratesTheWiseOne-tr3uf you need to read Rebel Yell by S.C. Gwynne. Jackson in the Shenandoah Campaign where he won around 11 out of 12 battles made sure he always had more troops during those battles. It was truly remarkable considering he had around 19,000 troops compared to around 80,000 Union Troops between 3 Armies. Jackson made sure he had the upper hand. Also Forrest captured more supplies and prisoners than any other General on both sides during the war. When he surrendered Forrest has over 30,000 names of the Union Troops he captured. Now how could he has done that running. Study His Victory at Brices Crossroads. He attacked being out numbered 5 to 1 in Cavalry and 4 to 1 in Infantry. Over 30% of the Union Troops had repeating and Cartridge Rifles. Forrest kicked Sturgis's butt. So being a student of both these great Generals your claims are not correct.

@mountainadventures7346

4 жыл бұрын

As the war drug on.... a Gettysburg type defeat was bound to happen for the south. They were outmanned and outgunned and their wits and luck were only going to carry them so far.

Well spoken man

The very best... thanks, Ike .

Question asked by a reporter from the Press Herald, the newspaper of my hometown Portland, Maine.

@wisecracker1814

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, so..?

@wisecracker1814

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, so..?

@tooleyheadbang4239

3 жыл бұрын

@Graf von Losinj I thought "Weekend Analysists" was just a mistaken rendering of "Weekend Analysts"

I thought Gettysburg was where Lee screwed up & it was all downhill for the Confederacy from there. Pickettt never forgave him for ordering the charge.

@douglashogg4848

3 жыл бұрын

That was a bad week for the Confederacy. (It happen during the 4th of July weekend) Not only did they lose at Gettysburg, but also suffered a major defeat at Vicksburg which gave control of the Mississippi to the Federals and cut the Confederacy in two.

Monty loved to step in it.

Well said Ike!

He was a great man.

@warderst9129

4 жыл бұрын

If Lee was great American general what is the definition of a Confederate general who attacked America?

I Like Ike!

IKE served his country not by party but as a patriot; even JFK sought his counsel during Cuban crisis...

@jamesanthony5681

Ай бұрын

Kennedy should have sought his counsel before invading Cuba at Bay of Pigs. That brought on the Soviets placing missiles in Cuba, and the subsequent Missile Crisis.

When an American recognises a fellow's American bravery and valor. RESPECT

@lysanamcmillan7972

Ай бұрын

He wasn't acting as an American at the time. Treason is not valor.

@flipadavis

Ай бұрын

During the War Lee wasn't an American, he was a Confederate. He even said so himself.

@ltcolumbo9708

Ай бұрын

@@flipadavis Call 911

Montgomery was asked to become Governor General of Canada after the war, but turned it down when he found out that the job didn’t come with any real power. Could have been interesting if he did take the position and would have had to host Ike at a state visit, probably annoying him one more time.

@user-ov4mk9ox8y

Ай бұрын

I imagine the offer was because so many Cdn. servicemen served under Montgomery during WW2, including two of my uncles. Canada would have been glad to have him on board, take him walleye fishing, and it was probably a thank you.

@MyLateralThawts

Ай бұрын

@@user-ov4mk9ox8y well, you’re probably right, but there was some controversy during the war, (probably referring to the delay in closing the Falaise gap) when he criticized the Canadians fighting under his command as part of his army group. He modified his criticism by claiming it was the fault of the Canadian generals. He did it again during Market Garden, when Canadians had virtually no role to play, yet it was the Canadian combat engineers who saved the surviving British airborne in the evacuation. Still a serious insult in my opinion.

@jameshunter7980

Ай бұрын

@@MyLateralThawts Monty did nor criticise Canadian soldiers EVER...he did criticise the leadership from Crerar down and with good reason on occasions. He also berated many of the British commanders during the NW Europe campaign.

@MyLateralThawts

Ай бұрын

@@jameshunter7980 You haven’t been studying your history of Monty then. He ALWAYS found blame with others when something went wrong under his command. As I said, he blamed us on at least two occasions, with him “clarifying” that he meant the Canadian generals under his command the first time (let’s be honest, he blamed the Canadian army). He did it again at the end of Market Garden, after the Canadians saved the remnants of the British Airborne at Arnhem. He wasn’t deflecting on our generals then. He was a prima donna that owed his success to Enigma decrypts and backstabbing his subordinates, nothing more.

Notice Franklin was in the mix. Ike put country before party, and gave credit where credit was due.

@tomrobbins5242

4 жыл бұрын

@Brock Carlson you're right. I was trying to point out how Ike put country first, and was not partisan beyond reason.

@verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39

4 жыл бұрын

@Brock Carlson Blessed Benjamin Franklin was an AMERICAN--and that is all.

@verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39

4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Franklin--not FDR. Ben saved the supply line of the French and Indian War almost single handedly by his own fortune and reputation--and the British were so used to the universal corruption of thievery and kickbacks in military supply chain even back in their own day in England affairs--they would never believe what the Great American man accomplished or how much he personally paid for wagons, food, blankets supplies for the campaigns and the men. Disgusting military industrial complex back in 1750's and today.

@philomelodia

4 жыл бұрын

tom robbins you appear to be confused. He meant Benjamin Franklin. He did not mean Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

@RCChristian1980

4 жыл бұрын

Franklin died before political parties were a thing.

Fun Fact: Eisenhower was the last Republican President to balance the budget. That was over 60 years ago.

@billchalmers6695

3 жыл бұрын

True because the 1% paid their fair share of taxes not like now

@spiderknight9893

3 жыл бұрын

There’s usually a recession after the budget is balanced. That’s interesting to consider.

@KevyNova

3 жыл бұрын

@David Tucker look up what the tax rates were in the ‘50s. They were even higher than what any democrats want today, and what republicans call socialism. As for takers, the states that take more than they put in are almost all red states.

@tacoheadmakenzie9311

3 жыл бұрын

@@KevyNova True. The top tax bracket in 1956 paid 91 percent.

Odd the Field Marshal would have said that, given Antwerp and Operation Market Garden.

I was once on an aircraft carrier named after him.

@SillyGoose2024

4 жыл бұрын

you have the face of a pitbull

@krrrruptidsoless

4 жыл бұрын

I live on the same planet 🤯

@davidnielsen4490

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service to our Country.

@Brucev7

3 жыл бұрын

So was a buddy of mine

@stephenyoung2742

3 жыл бұрын

Served on IKE precommunit where Mamie commisioned the ship plus lived a year has a military brat in Abiline. Only got one MED cruise then went to indian ocean for IRAN. Most of the Navy hated naming ships after any General. Same for politicians even if Ford served. Franklin Roosevelt not Teddy should be the name. Too many Repukes hate him. I remember when I was on the USS Detroit and went in the persian gulf at night. Noticed all the tankers knew then Reagan was not going to do jack. Turns around and makes deals with terrorists while now Trump makes deal with KGB.

Regarding General Lee @ Gettysburg... J.E.B. Stuart and his cavalry was SUPPOSED to be conducting reconnaissance for the Army of Northern Virginia but instead he was off just raising hell. A proper recon job would've alerted Lee to the presence of Buford's cavalry which Stuart could've engaged. Instead Gen. Buford was able to delay the Confederate advance and allow Union troops to gather in strength. So, Lee shouldn't have been fired (and wasn't) but J.E.B. Stuart should've been.

@edwardclement102

3 жыл бұрын

@Samwell Stuart done Lee the best he could. No one is perfect.

@brianbrady4496

2 жыл бұрын

I agree Stuart was a big reason for lee's lack of intelligence at the battle...

This was awesome.. Ike respected general lee.. Now liberals pull down his statue...

@JosephSampson

3 жыл бұрын

No we just stopped believing your lost cause mythology and my generation realized it's kinda ridiculous to build statues honoring men who put their lives on the line to preserve the institution of slavery. Grant was a much better man, and general anyways, build more statues of him!

@ronkleckner7625

3 жыл бұрын

Lee and some 30 other generals were indicted in Virginia for treason shortly after the war. They were just never prosecuted. It was thought at the time if they prosecuted Lee they would have to prosecute all the confederate soldiers and that was an impossible task. Lee and all the confederates were the very definition of treason as it is described in the constitution.

@intello8953

3 жыл бұрын

I mean this was the 1950s lmao of course these white people are still respecting good ol slave supporter General Lee 🤷🏾‍♂️

@intello8953

3 жыл бұрын

@Wjbchuk Kuhcbjw lol why?

@hnys7976

2 жыл бұрын

Eisenhower didn't like some generals such as Mcarthur, but they had political differences.

True words about General Robert E. Lee. As noble of a man as any country has produced. We should have more like him today, as Ike intimated in another correspondence to a dentist that wrote him to criticize General Lee.

The General Lee was a great car; looked even better when Catherine Bach was sitting in it.

I like Ike.

I wish I could ask him, why Lee and not Grant?

@alexanderkaminsky6811

3 жыл бұрын

I can't speak for Ike, but Lee achieved incredible victories with less men and fewer resources than Grant. Grant was a brutal and lavishly supplied General that simply bludgeoned his enemies into defeat. This takes nothing away from Grant and his understanding and application of force. Grant as president was also very good at reconciliation. In the end I think Lee was a tremendously gifted general and true gentleman and in the final analysis we all choose our own favorites from history.

@generalfred9426

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderkaminsky6811 Oh boi here we go again "Lee won with less resources and manpower" Not entirely right although I'll admit his Chancellorsville battle was pretty good. However a closer analysis of his battles indicates Lee was rather inconsistent with his usage of manpower. Malvern Hill, 3rd day at Chancellorsville, Picketts Charge, were all blunders Lee shouldn't have made especially his Antietam and Gettysburg campaigns which Lee shouldn't have launched in the first place. The 7 days battle is a good example that Lee would've used his manpower disproportionately in some cases. "Grant was a brutal and and lavishly supplied general" Grant wasn't brutal all you need to look at is his Vicksburg Campaign which a US military report stated that it was "the most brilliant campaign ever fought on American soil." Grant was a vastly better logistican than Lee. This becomes even more apparent in his Vicksburg Campaign where he lived off the land and kept his troops supplied throughout it all. In the Overland Campaign Grant utterly crushed defeated Lee. Now Lee wasn't bad general don't get me wrong, but a closer look at the casualties indicates that they were even in total losses. (16,000 killed/captured/missing Union vs 14-15,000 killed/captured/missing Confederate with 38,000 Union wounded and 19,000 Confederate wounded). In all Grant was the better general and I believe Eisenhower also admired Grant as well.

@alexanderkaminsky6811

3 жыл бұрын

@@generalfred9426 Agree with everything you said , I was commenting more on the overall strategic position of the Union vs Confederacy. Grant was certainly an excellent commander and no less in any respect than Lee. Grant fundamentally understood his strengths and weaknesses and used them brilliantly, but he did have the lavish supplies, and ability to deliver them where needed, comparatively to all Confederate forces. He also had the larger population to draw soldiers from so losses were not nearly the concern that they were for Lee and other Confederate Generals. Ironically, a similar situation to the US vs the British in WWII.

@bp4187

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderkaminsky6811 Grant still better. Kicked Lee's butt twice. Less resources, etc., often used to cover bad judgement.

@rinck17

3 жыл бұрын

Lee was humble in defeat and worked toward reconciliation without animosity nor bitterness.

I'm surprised President Eisenhower didn't list Thomas Jefferson as one of our Nation's Greatest Americans. You'd think President Jefferson would have been the first name on his list, and/or that he would have added one more name to the list if he felt that strongly about the four men he did list. Thomas Jefferson is number one in my book merely because of the role he played in bringing our Declaration of Independence to fruition. And that is our greatest document, as it is the foundation of our entire Republic.

@JimGothyo

Ай бұрын

You have to remember that Ike was a general first and a politician second, and I suspect that was what he admired about Lee, so honor and valor were strong character traits both men shared.

I want to say he was a life long Gettysburg resident as a matter of fact the president's home sits on former confederate ground so don't let his disapproval of Lee fool you.Also his connection to Lincoln because 1 spent the night and the other lived there until his death in 1969. Eisenhower received a gift from the secret service which was the fireplace that Lincoln used during his presidency and was installed in Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm.

We should have heeded his warning

I love this video a lot because my grandma knows one of Eisenhower’s granddaughter

@nothamel1467

4 жыл бұрын

Oh cool!

@finchborat

4 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@chasemurraychristopherdola7108

4 жыл бұрын

finchborat I know like my grandma sort of grew up with her and what I mean by that is she knew Eisenhower’s granddaughter very well

Certainly the “golden years” of our country. It was calm before the storm (1960s).

@jorymil

Жыл бұрын

It's easy to look back wistfully at the 50s, but people were still burning leaded gasoline and smoking cigarettes. Segregation was still widespread, and DDT was widely used. We're still dealing with the aftermath of segregation to this day. There are still many legal documents with racially discriminatory language in them. As of _1968_ , these sections cannot be upheld in court, but the language still remains. The 60s were a time of upheaval, but much of it was long overdue.

@alfredfreedomjones5105

8 ай бұрын

Wasn’t Kennedy assassinated in the 60s? Regardless of your opinions of the man it’s still shameful for the American president to be killed in office that brutally and publicly.

In connection with Gettysburg, the person who should have been fired was General Meade, who failed to pursue Lee after the South lost the battle. Had he done that, the war might have ended much earlier.

1957 must have been a slow news year

@finchborat

4 жыл бұрын

Sputnik was launched that year.

@ericsniper9843

4 жыл бұрын

Little Rock. The deployment of the 101st Airborne Division to get nine African American teenagers into high school.

@tacoheadmakenzie9311

3 жыл бұрын

As opposed to the top news stories of today, concerning Kim and Kanye?🙄

I never figured out why all the noise about Lee . At the time ALL citizens owed allegiance to their home State FIRST and the US second . They still do if folks would bother to read our founding documents themselves instead of listening to someone with a political agenda telling them what it says , then again that could be said for ANY topic today .

@stubs1227

5 жыл бұрын

Big Bill O'Reilly you really are a pathetic dipshit. LMAO

@michaeloneil2379

5 жыл бұрын

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

@Reggiela-zc3cc

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaeloneil2379 The pledge of allegiance was written years after the war between the states ended.

@HooDatDonDar

5 жыл бұрын

Some did. It’s arguable, but most people supported loyalty to the Nation. The Supreme Court settled the question in 1869. Texas vs. White. Read that.

@thefreeman8791

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. The Declaration of Independence defines us as a union (not THE union as there is a huge difference) of free and INDEPENDENT states that have the rights that free and independent states ought to have including the right to wage war, negotiate treaties and conduct commerce. But that all changed with the Civil War when we became THE union where the states are no better then counties.

Wonderful response.

"I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse." -- President Grant

I like Ike

Two most important military thinkers in U.S. history: “Beware the military-industrial complex.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower “War is a racket.” - Smedley D. Butler

Can we have him back as president - pleeeeeeease!

Ike declared that General Lee was one of the top 4 Americans of all time. Now the liberals are tearing down his statues in the middle of the night. I like Ike!

@Drakelx55

2 жыл бұрын

How could he be one of the top 4 Americans of all time when he fought in a rebellion to not be an American? You can’t secede from America and be a great American at the same time that’s not how it works lol

@Drakelx55

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention considering General Lee himself hated the idea of statues glorifying the civil war, he himself would be first in line to tear those statues down. So who are you to say otherwise?

@seymourbutts4654

2 жыл бұрын

If an officer today renounced their oath to go fight for another country that resulted in the death and wounding of hundreds of thousands of Americans there's no doubt in my mind they would be deemed a traitor.

@thatreddude8796

2 жыл бұрын

For any who say otherwise, Lee held American ideas dearly to the point that he WOULD go to war for them. He opposed secession, but was not about to ditch his loyalty to his home state. I feel that loyalty is deserving of respect and can be seen as a part of why every Southern soldier fought.

@seymourbutts4654

2 жыл бұрын

@@thatreddude8796 His greatness resided on the battlefield other than that he was a traitor.

General Ike warned us about the Military Industrial Complex, now we also have the Medical Industrial Complex, the Educational Industrail Complex, the Electricity and Fuel Industrail Complex, the Insurance Industrail Complex and the Food Industrail Complex. What's next?

Magnificent

i love this man

Ike lived on a farm in Gettysburg.

Ex-general Stanley McChrystal said he once venerated Lee, but a careful re-study of history changed his opinion. PS: Shelby Foote said that Gettysburg was the price the South paid for Robert E. Lee. The 3rd day plan was flat out wrong, as Longstreet knew well, especially after the drubbing they gave the Union at Fredericksburg under similar tactical circumstances (not to mention the lesson they learned at the hands of Union artillery at Malvern Hill ). Lee blew it, plain and simple. Afterwards he attempted to resign, but Jefferson Davis wouldn't hear of it.

“Crusade in Europe” provides insight to him as a man and leader.

@here_we_go_again2571

3 жыл бұрын

@ tugquarles, You are aware that Eisenhower was the leader of the D-Day invasion at Normandy? Yes, it was a righteous cause (a "Crusade") to end the terror of the Nazis! The unfortunate result of the end of WW2 was that it allowed Josef Stalin and his Communist thugs to put their feet on the necks of half the central Europeans and all of the eastern Europeans.

I found it interesting that Eisenhower's angus farm is located in Gettysburg, PA.

@professorspf

4 жыл бұрын

And his family still has close ties to Gettysburg College.

@here_we_go_again2571

3 жыл бұрын

The Gettysburg area is very good farmland. And, being a military officer (WW1 and WW2) whose heros were the military men of the Civil war .....

@Brucev7

3 жыл бұрын

Born in Denison, Texas on October 14, 1890. The Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site is located at 609 S. Lamar Avenue in Denison, Grayson County, in the U.S. state of Texas. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in the house on October 14, 1890, the first United States President to be born in Texas. His family had moved to Kansas when he was two years old, and until he received Jackson's letter, he was unaware he had been born in Denison. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower_Birthplace_State_Historic_Site

@patrickmorgan4006

3 жыл бұрын

@@professorspf He trained there early in his career and liked the area, and, of course, the history.

I don't get the question from Montgomery about General Lee should be "fired" ? In a way Lee fired himself by joining the confederacy ? And to fire him when he was a Confederate General is too little too late , don't you think ?

We all like Ike! It doesn’t matter if one was born after him or not!

Thats Respect. Something America needs A LOT more of in country !

@bp4187

3 жыл бұрын

No need to respect traitors and Lee was one. That dishonors patriots.

@njrebel6320

3 жыл бұрын

@@bp4187 That's not what Abraham Lincoln said. Abe had TOTAL respect for the man. Now snowflake... What makes your opinion better ?

@fearlessfosdick160

3 жыл бұрын

@@njrebel6320 Didn't you hear? Those idiots are trying to cancel Lincoln too.

@fearlessfosdick160

3 жыл бұрын

@@bp4187 Funny how we call the colonial traitors of 1775 "patriots" while calling southern patriots who were attempting exactly the same thing "traitors".

@douglashogg4848

3 жыл бұрын

6000 people died from NJ during the Civil War. How about showing them some respect NJ REBEL.

Would be nice to have an intelligent, accomplished, well-spoken individual running the country right about now

@scl1332

4 жыл бұрын

I hear you there does seem to be a lot of very belligerent guys out there running for office

@jamesjones9877

4 жыл бұрын

You’ve got one.

@massageadventurist9804

4 жыл бұрын

James Jones Well spoken, intelligent people don’t suggest injecting disinfectant to a leading healthcare official as a response to a global pandemic. This is just one of literally thousands of examples. Maybe you’re being sarcastic but nowadays the difference between sarcasm and statements from stupid people is basically indistinguishable. Same with religious extremism and religious parodies.

@gageamonette5120

4 жыл бұрын

@@massageadventurist9804 Bruh, say whatever you want about Trump, but that thing about injecting disinfectant was obviously a joke.

@fortylove68

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, we do, you just don't like him. Victory breeds contempt.

Montgomery speaking on Robert E Lee and Gettysburg like Market Garden wasn't a total failure