"Eisenhower’s Election Day Crisis Reminds Us What Presidents" Topic
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22 Jan 2021 10:29 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
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| Tango01 | 22 Jan 2021 10:10 p.m. PST |
… Must Do "Dwight Eisenhower was worried on Election Day in 1956, but not about winning the presidency for the second time. "I don't give a darn about the election," he said that day. Eisenhower was busy trying to avoid World War III. An invasion of Egypt launched days earlier by Israel, France and Great Britain threatened to spiral into a much wider conflict. The fighting had erupted over control of the Suez Canal, a valuable shipping waterway in Egypt connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Britain and France had owned the canal, but Egypt had seized and nationalized it that summer to help pay for a dam building project. The Suez crisis would turn violent at the end of October when Israel, France and Britain used military force to resolve the issue. Eisenhower was furious…"
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 22 Jan 2021 10:29 p.m. PST |
From the History News Network Note that this is an opinion piece calling for the U.S. to stop supporting war in Yemen. |
Shagnasty  | 23 Jan 2021 9:45 a.m. PST |
That was back when our Allies actually had significant and functional armed forces. Today? |
| Legionarius | 23 Jan 2021 10:13 a.m. PST |
What does this have to do with gaming with toy soldiers? |
| Stryderg | 23 Jan 2021 12:09 p.m. PST |
You can paint up a mini of a real or fictional president or king, then roll some dice to see if he plunges his nation, kingdom or empire into a war. Modifiers for public opinion of the opposition, charisma of the leader, and projected support from allies of both sides. Sure, it's going to be a short game, but a miniature war game none the less. |
| SBminisguy | 23 Jan 2021 12:18 p.m. PST |
From the History News NetworkNote that this is an opinion piece calling for the U.S. to stop supporting war in Yemen. You mean the one Iran started as a proxy war against the Arab Gulf States?? |
| USAFpilot | 24 Jan 2021 12:30 p.m. PST |
Sadly, most news nowadays is just "opinion" pieces. And the news people giving their opinions think themselves celebrities. |
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