Harry S Truman never had to stomp his foot and whine to the media, "I'm the decider...I really am." Truman never harrumphed and said, "You have to understand, I'm a war president." And a million stoopid things Truman didn't do. He integrated the military, recognized Israel, stopped the tide of Soviet hegemony, helped rebuild Europe, and stood up to Big Business and Big Labor, while Republicans made fun of his shirts.
Geo. the Senior (another big whiner) tried to capture the Truman spirit by riding on a train, which was sad because, like buying tube socks with the red and blue stripes at Penny's up in Hagerstown, it just made him look even more out of touch.
Geo. the Senior tried convince everybody he won the Cold War. But Truman won the Cold War.
Truman recognized that the challenges of Europe (Old Europe as some would say) required economic solutions, not just a military response. With Truman's leadership (over the strenuous objections of the GOSP-controlled Congress) the U.S. invested about 20 times more in economic development than in military aid to Greece and Turkey.
Who benefited most? The U.S. because it helped create markets for American made products.
Speaking of Republican'ts beating on other Republican'ts
"Any Republican who thinks a recovery program consists of going out to J.C. Penny's and buying four pairs of socks should never use a phrase like voodoo economics." -- Pat Buchanan
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