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To: Bill who wrote (721)	10/26/1999 12:34:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3246

Make your own list, or do better than that to dissuade me. If Truman had not ended brought the War to a successful conclusion, supported stabilizing Europe and Japan, heeded Churchill's warnings, adopted the policy of containment, and supported multi- lateral institutions like NATO, there might not have been anything for Reagan to bring to a resolution. If the generals and admirals had not been very good at their jobs, the post- War order might have harbored a rump Axis alongside the Communist states.....

To: Bill who wrote (721)	10/27/1999 11:43:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3246

I agree - 3 through 8 don't belong there. There is far too much revisionism re: Truman. Many forget how reviled he was or what a serious demagogue he was. He was a very mean and a very petty man. Even the Supremes slapped him down when he tried to seize the steel industry. "To err is Truman". We discount the people that had to endure him - Truman was so unpopular that he couldn't run for re-election and he left office with the lowest ratings of any. There had to be reasons.