60 Years Ago: Pres. Eisenhower on Little Rock School Integration 9-24-1957

[@kaijusushi8165]

When the man who planned the invasion of Nazi-held Europe and led the allies to victory over Hitler's 3rd Reich writes you a cease and desist letter, he's not kidding.

[@kaijusushi8165]

@@actualideas8078 - Either way, he got his ass stomped by the red army, with a little help from Detroit

[@bobapbob5812]

@@actualideas8078 Schäme dich.

[@kaijusushi8165]

@@actualideas8078 - Der Traum ist tot

[@bobapbob5812]

@@actualideas8078 I learn history. I learned from my father, a combat wounded veteran. You learn from neo nazi apologists.

[@actualideas8078]

Bob ap Bob hahaha apologists.... yeah the last thing im doing is apologizing dude. If you truly believe that the US involvement was justified in WW2, then you are crazy.

[@Hollowsmith]

The great thing about Ike is there was so little editorializing and showy rhetoric. He was just a clean, logical, fair thinker. It's exactly what America needed in the 50's after World War II. A president who put steady pragmatism in front of impassioned idealogy. A very solid centrist president.

[@JRobbySh]

Ike was also a very good writer himself as any look at his official papers attest.

[@edoardopesce9226]

A man of great intelligence and method too much underestimated.

[@alecfoster5542]

@@edoardopesce9226 VERY underestimated.

[@fazbell]

No bullshit......just the facts. That's Ike.

[@davedawe2420]

These were the men who lead nations. Where are they today?

[@LionHeartZell]

This is how a President conducts himself.

[@LionHeartZell]

@Parker Grant great, strawmans my guy.

[@lilgangstacj]

@@LionHeartZell How exactly is he grabbing at straws? Trump is closer to Ike, than Biden. Time will tell.

[@LionHeartZell]

@@lilgangstacj Well for one. he *Assumed* I liked what Obama did when he was in office. And continued to push his trump rhetoric from there. That would be a strawman.

[@digitalstreamer3498]

@@lilgangstacj the majority of democrats and practically all republicans are to the right of eisenhower on economics and foreign policy. Outside of trump's diplomacy with north korea, he continued the washington status quo when it comes to foreign policy, as with many other issues.

[@philipmathews690]

@@lilgangstacjYou're comparing a draft dodger to the supreme allied commander in WW2, what are you talking about?

[@ivandaniel08]

The older I get the more I see this man was something special.

[@Liam-ps2px]

Absolutely. One of the great presidents.

[@duncanmacpherson2013]

@@Liam-ps2px He was certainly one of history's great leaders. It was no accident he was chosen to lead the western allies on D-Day. He managed to lead the armies not only of America but other nations as well. Even then he was as much a diplomat as a soldier

[@actualideas8078]

Liam McHale Patton shouldve been president

[@actualideas8078]

Duncan Macpherson werent the americans the bad guys in WW2?

[@GWRick-ld7rj]

@@LlamaOccident Oh ! My ! God !

[@gretawolheter5228]

....."we are a nation where laws not men are supreme."

[@rockyracoon3233]

Well said sister!

[@ankaranirthanagor5786]

The law says America is for whites.

[@johnnotrealname8168]

Which is why America is @~?£ed.

[@ankaranirthanagor5786]

@Chris Smith Then why Biden's UN ambassador said the constitution is "white supremacist" ? This is nothing to move on from.

[@zelda.1776]

@@ankaranirthanagor5786 it is

[@mbapache64]

This man may be the most significant public servant in the history of human existence, both as supreme commander of the allied forces and as the POTUS.

[@Conn30Mtenor]

except for that Vietnam thing.

[@blakelawson6083]

@@Conn30Mtenor That was after Eisenhower

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

@@Conn30Mtenor wrong president...

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

mbapache64 - Hyperbole, surely, but point taken: Eisenhower was a man of unassailable personal integrity and of unflinching commitment to public duty.

[@rebelfriend6759]

@@Conn30Mtenor He refused to send troops in Vietnam

[@mikiegood]

A real man doing the right thing.

[@Andrew-ci1dg]

Thats how republicans role

[@ShidaiTaino]

AltRight Serbia says the Serbian

[@jjclauslegos1999]

@LovePeaceSerbia you're right, did nothing to make the USA better... just commanded the greatest sea invasion in all history to liberate Western Europe, oversaw the greatest economic growth in US history, secured funding to complete the Interstates, and steadily guided the country through intense Cold War and racial tension. Lame

[@at1212b]

@@jjclauslegos1999 and warned of the Military Industrial Complex.

[@rockyracoon3233]

@@at1212b . He also warned about a "scientific elite" in that same speech as well.

[@mencken8]

Watching this ought to be compulsory today. He explains what he has done and why he has done it, within the framework of the Constitution. And his background gave everything he said weight and credibility.

[@johnprice7303]

What a man! What a President! I am a Democratic voter who would happily "lend my vote" to him if he were alive today. God bless his memory.

[@johnmarcucci1719]

Ha! Had you been alive back then, you wolud have done what all Democrats back then did. Vote for the racist egghead Stephenson, and called Eisenhauer every name in the book.

[@alecfoster5542]

After WWII, BOTH parties wanted him.

[@alecfoster5542]

@@johnmarcucci1719 Learn to spell.

[@patricialackey5316]

he would not belong to this Republican party.

[@bradhartliep879]

He is alive today. I have been an #Eisenhower #Republican for more than 42 years and my #Socially #Progressive, #FiscallyResponsible, #Modderate, #Centrist, Republican policies and platform are IDENTICAL to Republican President Ike Eisenhower .. #BradHartliep 2024 America's Republican Choice For President

[@Superbl0bby]

a man who knew the dangers of the Military Industrial Complex, and set in motion school desegregation. What a man

[@JRobbySh]

This was the most forcible intervention by a President to secure the rights of blacks since General Grant let the Army repress the original KKK. Yet the liberals questioned his motives.

[@bencarter8423]

@@JRobbySh Nobody questions Ike’s motive.

[@bouffant-girl]

General and President Eisenhower knew good from evil, and would not tolerate evil people or actions!

[@lupuswarrior6785]

@@JRobbySh do tell me what liberals question old motives I haven’t heard anyone say anything

[@OGRamrod]

The older I get and the more my study of mid-20th century history gets divorced from all the, "Pop History," that got me burnt out on it (I also grew up in the shadow of Fort Polk and am the 8th generation of my family to call the area home, so you could say I spent a little time around WW2 fanatics and veterans) and treat it the same way I do most historical eras I get into (i.e. look into the primary sources and tell people to take their academic takes and shove 'em until after I've read the primary sources) more and more I am convinced that Eisenhower might actually be not just one of the greatest men to ever live but also one of the greatest American generals and presidents all in one. Not even just that: he is also, simultaneously, the most fucking underrated and for no real reason whatsoever. I suspect it's because in an era of flashy personalities he gets forgotten as a staunch pragmatist. But Eisenhower got results. Eisenhower lead the largest military coalition in world history in one of the most decisive conflicts and lead it to victory at that.

[@patrickolaughlin6027]

I'm an "Eisenhower" Republican.

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

A rare breed. Eisenhower when leaving office warned about bloating the military industrial complex but we have trump for 4 years talking about increasing the already massive budget of the US military

[@rickbangkok]

Grandpa voted for Eisenhower because Lincoln won the war. John Prine from Grandpa Was A Carpenter.

[@bossanova80]

Meaning you're a moderate Democrat.

[@patrickolaughlin6027]

@@bossanova80 Unfortunately , moderate Democrats and Republicans don't seem to exist anymore.

[@patrickolaughlin6027]

@@bossanova80 Yes , you are correct. I didn't leave the Democrats , they left me.

[@LeeDaHitman]

Now that a president right there. RIP President Eisenhower! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@rockyracoon3233]

He was the last REAL president for me!

[@dumbshit5448]

Rocky Racoon i think JFK was the last one

[@actualideas8078]

Lee Da Hitman yeah right. Integration is one of the most detrimental things to our Nation

[@rockyracoon3233]

@Craig G . Got a link on that?

[@titanwebb2918]

@@actualideas8078 Bro this like 5th nazi ass comment ive seen you post on here, get that garbage shit outta here

[@kevinburt8638]

Do you have any idea how many, so called Americans, have never even heard of Eisenhower 😓

[@NH1212c]

Too many.

[@davis7099]

Most young Americans could not name important people in Government today or in Obama's former cabinet. American political illiteracy is a scandal.

[@rajeshdebbarma4221]

Thats because he was a republican president the media wants you to forget what conservatives did for the country.

[@ed4096]

He was the only President that Al Bundy could name... that says a lot right there.

[@devious18]

@@davis7099 Okay Boomer

[@shauntemplar.26]

a true great man not just of the US but for us here in the UK. Hero, Rest in peace Sir your missed

[@Dlfrog]

“Supreme Allied Commander” If that doesn’t corrupt you nothing will.

[@edward6960]

Until he refused to back us at Suez. Beginning of the the end for GB.

[@dolantho]

@@edward6960 British where in the wrong for invading Egypt

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

@@Dlfrogno it’s not

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

@@edward6960not quite get that

[@mrAZcardinal]

Like a father disciplining his rebellious and ignorant child.

[@deepee3025]

You mean children lol

[@robbie_]

Many people need to watch this today. Respect for the rule of law has broken down in many places.

[@lawsonj39]

Imagine...a president restoring order and sanity instead of trying to stir up disorder and conspiracy paranoia!

[@stenbak88]

John Lawson sure or the Media has never hated a President as they do ORANGEMAN BAD

[@65tosspowertrapl36]

Different times!

[@Liam-ps2px]

Gentle reminder the democrats claimed trump was a Russian Agent working for Vladimir Putin for 3 years with no evidence whatsoever.

[@nathanpartridge3565]

This was post-war American leadership. We haven't had an adult in the White House since 1991.

[@JRobbySh]

Like Obama? Trump didn’t set BLM in motion. And BLM is nothing if not a conspiracy.

[@aperson22222]

Eisenhower was a good president.

[@LarsCarlsen-or6ky]

Great !!

[@timothyturner1056]

He wasn't a good president when he denied a request from Emmitt Till's mother to her after her only child was murdered in Mississippi of 1955 .

[@Flernaffinor]

It's so refreshing listening to a President who is able to formulate a complete thought. He plainly laid out his reasoning and how it was supported by the law.

[@eyuin5716]

If only we still had republicans like Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Eisenhower.

[@johnmarcucci1719]

Uh, Roosevelt was a Democrat.

[@eyuin5716]

@@johnmarcucci1719 I was referring to Theodore Roosevelt

[@zolafuckass8606]

@@xshxr I'd cut FDR. There's a lot of debate as to whether his actions actually alleviated the Great Depression, and there are some implications that his directives may have actually prolonged it.

[@youreokayboah2128]

@@zolafuckass8606 Nah, if it wasn’t for the New deal the Depression would have been worse imo. Though he was a significant racist compared to others (with the camps for the Japanese people).

[@garyg7647]

@@youreokayboah2128 there was no green new deal then. Just new deal. Green new deal is a Marxist lie

[@vikramgupta2326]

When a President could properly articulate his executive authority....

[@actualideas8078]

Libertate Veritas here: watch this 2 minute video to find out how uneducated YOU are kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYesXmmuhqh7nLM

[@actualideas8078]

Libertate Veritas i bet you didn’t even know that Malcom X was a Separationist. So was Marcus Garvey and Booker T Washington. All supported Black Nationalism. Check out Steve Biko from SA as well. Way better than Mandela.

[@actualideas8078]

Libertate Veritas Dude, Segregation is not the same as Separation. I know you are smart enough to figure that one out. Here ill give you another 2 minutes of Malcom at the bottom of this comment. As for Mao, he was following the Communist Manifesto to the tee. Communism is an extreme ideology in itself. “Plow the fields” “abolish all private property”(both direct quotes from the Manifesto). Exactly what Mao did so yes he was embodying state Communism and all the authoritarianism that comes with it. As for Radicals, they are the only people who are confident and willing to ACT. I bet you didn’t even watch the whole 2 minutes if that video, you probably think that you are “too educated” to be lowered to the level of a “radical” like Malcom X. It is funny how tou still defend what you learned in Public School. Try some HL Mencken: “The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” Bet you haven’t listened to more than 5 minutes of Malcom X speaking. Separation vs segregation (i know, politics is nuanced and not everybody can handle it, but i will stay here and continue to educate you. I won’t give up on you) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXKndISGhdh7fcU

[@actualideas8078]

Libertate Veritas you have paid for too many college lectures dude. I bet they made you pay for your books too.

[@actualideas8078]

Libertate Veritas “why replace an unjust problem with the same thing?” Why integrate into an unjust system? Just separate and form/secure your own Nation. Integration is what has caused our problems (as well as immigration and forced multiculturalism). It is you that cannot see the problems and discourse that arises from forcing races to be “equal”. Haha the hypocrisy in that “philosophy”... wow. Forcing people by law to be equal? Blasphemy! See, it is your argument that falls through. U got owned (don’t worry i do this every single day instead of wasting my time taking pointless Humanities classes and wondering how i am going to pay off my student debt)

[@emichaelny336]

As the years pass, more and more historians and biographers recognize Ike was a great president. He continues to climb the list of "10 Best US Presidents." Sadly, we may never see his like again. His generation is gone forever.

[@lupuswarrior6785]

We might we need to get rid of brain dead modern Republicans first

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

Someone has clicked for me. That’s again. Nope , too tired, eyes almost closed, the screen stayed there for quite a long time.

[@jeangriffith8017]

What you see in this speech which resulted in an implementation of policy, is truly greatness. We as a nation do put the "rule of law" above ideology and the cult of personality. Thank you KZbin from the bottom of my heart.

[@petelosuaniu]

A Great General and a Great President.

[@dacosta0656]

Hes a Republican what do you expect

[@capnmaddox6941]

Gotta be honest, the GOP open my eyes wide about racial equality

[@petelosuaniu]

@@capnmaddox6941 That was the old GOP before the southerners and religious loons took over the party, after LBJ pushed through the Civil Rights bills in 1964-65.

[@philliesphan312]

@@petelosuaniu that never happened learn to do some research!

[@michaelterrell5061]

philliesphan312 actually it did as back then a bit before that the two parties switched ideologies

[@mariekatherine5238]

Wow. A President who acts, speaks, looks Presidential! He doesn’t name-call, mud-sling, insult others while bragging on his personal expertise.

[@jess_romey9314]

W and S Dude, come on man. A personal insult is refuge to a lost argument. Calling someone a “blind ass” just prove you had emotion get to you before evidence and facts. Maybe @Sound Flames has a valid point, Trump did do a lot for minority communities, especially Black Americans.

[@johnbattista9519]

W and S . You have no idea.. please tell us how Trump is racist other then the crap CNN and MSNBC has fed you.

[@JRobbySh]

You had a black president who did these things.

[@celerinojasso4180]

That's a real republican conversing with democrats on how to serve America Not like today's .

[@celerinojasso4180]

This guy served his country twice not like draft dodging Donald who advocates hate and violence that's why his followers adore him but by far he's no Ike.enforcing civil right at little Rock.

[@ottohesslein3230]

My translation: "We're not sending in Federal Troops to run your school and police departments. We're sending them in to stop you people from impeding the freedom of a class of citizens while you people get it together and figure it out."

[@lulzdragon7339]

That's definitely a record for the most consecutive coherent thoughts I've heard spoken by a politician.

[@Bestillivoze]

And then Trump and Biden entered the room...

[@lancatemujhin696]

That's because he wasn't a politician. He was a military leader. Who up until 1938 fully believed he would retire in 1940 with a decent pension after 25 years of honorable but quiet service.

[@williamturner1517]

@@lancatemujhin696 you are exactly correct. NOT A POLITICIAN! The last truly great leader this country had. Since 1960 we have had a political circus.

[@lupuswarrior6785]

@@Bestillivoze at Biden is way better at speaking than Trump sure he Slurs and has a hiccup every now and then but at least he doesn’t glorify himself or go off on tangents.

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

@@williamturner1517yep

[@americanpatriot6938]

"America was always racist" The most powerman man in the USA being the opposite of racist.

[@lilmolens5160]

You're right. This one speech discredits all of America's allegations of racism. 😞😞😞😞😞

[@ankaranirthanagor5786]

I'm 100% sure he's rolling in grave today insanely regretting his decisions.

[@hawkeyeten2450]

@@lilmolens5160 Do you know what all areas of America were like? Or all the people that lived during that time? I've met a number of people who were either from that generation or knew members of that generation well (although most were outside the South), and I can tell you for a fact that racism wasn't everywhere and a sizable number of people did not hold those views by the mid to late 50s (heck, there was even a 1,000-member organization of ladies in Arkansas that resisted the governor's crap and demanded the schools in Little Rock integrate according to what I've been reading).

[@paullytle1904]

I mean when you have a governor whose essentially supporting a lynch mob stopping black kids from going to school

[@hawkeyeten2450]

@@paullytle1904 What about the 1,000+ white women in Little Rock who banded together and demanded the governor stop his resistance to desegregation? Don't they deserve to be remembered?

[@JustDoinFlorida]

How we could use a guy like Eisenhower now😩

[@lupuswarrior6785]

I agree but unfortunately they would be to radical for both the right and left he was extremely progressive and extremely conservative people like that get booed or called Rihno’s when in fact he would be a hero

[@l337pwnage]

What do you mean? Trump is just as much a sl ve to is reel as ike was.

[@Bulldog1653]

General Eisenhower was one HELL of a good President. We need solid leadership like this again. Someone who doesn't follow party lines and realizes that they work for the people, not vice-versa

[@tonyenglish5153]

Amen

[@wildfire9280]

To be fair, I’m sure it helped that the lines on civil rights were more divided on North/South by that time than Democrat/Republican.

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@wildfire9280 That’s a great point-the ‘50’s was a time when both parties offered pretty much the same, ideologically speaking. You had Dixiecrats but also liberal Democrats like JFK; and you’d have liberal Republicans but also conservative ones like Nixon. Social and economic views also had less of a correlation; for example, the Democrats were usually socially conservative but supportive of government regulations when it came to economic issues. Meanwhile the Republicans were pro-business but also had a stronger track record on civil rights.

[@Mike-yt4jq]

Agreed, parties are just a distraction to help divide people over largely unimportant talking points compared to the holistic issues we have these days. People spend all their time arguing about elections when the powers at the helm are behind the curtain, regardless of their PR representative. Just my 2 cents.

[@Allthingslife30]

Brings a tear to my eyes to here Ike speak on such matters, and using his presidential power to end the segregation it’s beautiful yet saddening to see what politics have become to of today . The standards, morality, it’s all just evil and corrupt.

[@bencarter8423]

General Eisenhower was one of the few presidents who regardless if you are a Republican or a Democrat, you respect him. Washington, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and Ike.

[@krishpatel3156]

FDR not really

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

​@@krishpatel3156FDR had such contempt the constitution that he felt it stood in his way of power.

[@youtube.youtube.01]

Thank C-SPAN for posting this - to show us how effective leaders actually lead and publicly speak, when civil dissention is present.

[@ms.sherlock]

One day history will give President Eisenhower credit for his contributions to the cause of civil rights beyond any political motives. He completed the desegregation of the Armed forces. He was not perfect in dealing with civil rights but, given the climate of that time he was brave. I don't think many Presidents would have had the guts to send in the National Guard, but he truly acted on and respected the laws of our country.

[@johncarpenter624]

So organized, such a clear and compelling presentation, so Presidential and...he is defending the courts and standing up for the decisions thereof. It is refreshing to hear this voice of sanity in our insane world.

[@p8entlyobvious383]

Today's politicians could learn a lot from this man . He would be horrified at the moral , social and economic decline not to mention the increasing power of the military industrial complex and a demagogue like Trump

[@waterheaterservices]

Counter Revolutionary Capitalist Trump does not have glorious revolutionary God mocking humanist socialist people's Party Approved Correct Thinking and Speech. Still kicking butt on The Party.

[@elicrowleyycontreras1135]

This was during the Cold War, we were the most reliant on the Industrial Complex at that time, and we should still be to counter the Communist Chinese threat. He would be appalled by Trump's incompetence in Foreign Policy.

[@darrylbarnett9452]

@@elicrowleyycontreras1135 and the incompetence of Obozo, Biden and Killary in anything

[@natsurusenou131]

@Mike Collins The Democrats are not socialist, they are centre-right. You have no idea what socialism is.

[@RISKStudioProduction]

You guy, you guys, Republicans and Democrats are both just awful.

[@ardalla535]

Notice that he didn't just keep pointing fingers, name calling and making threats; he actually did something. Unlike someone I could mention.

[@JRobbySh]

No one questioned his authority.

[@Jumpjoe4587]

This was one hell of a man a leader in every sense of the word

[@humptydumpty-m8u]

Yep

[@ronlee2776]

This should be broadcast on every network everyday at dinner time for the next month!

[@berniecahane5320]

A true leader. Regardless of political affiliation. The Constitution and Rule of Law reigning supreme. This is the America i remember as a child.

[@Houston123ABC]

There are "great men" - he was one of them.

[@markadams7597]

Ike was our nation's best President. A true American and genuine hero; in war and in the White House.

[@Mr.McMuffin]

While I personally think lincoln, fdr, teddy, and washington were better, ike is definetly up there and I see why many people agree with you.

[@hitchhikrsguide7522]

What do you mean he made it up it's so obvious lol

[@ekibirigeable]

@@RI-zn3ju The military industrial complex often leads us into unnecessary wars

[@Anttys_WeyTua_CTa_Eu986]

@@RI-zn3ju I found the Russian/Chinese misinformer. How else to explain you lying about Iraq's WMDs, encouraging getting out of Afghanistan, while encouraging us to attack two of the largest oil producers in the world? Russia would love oil prices to go up! Your entire comment serves our enemies, not America.

[@robertdesoto2348]

No, he was a giant piece of shit. Just look at what he did to Guatemala and Iran.

[@hannahfitch8977]

Why can’t we have a president like this?

[@juanmunoz7729]

If Ike was alive today and did call for the military stop rioters and looters, since local law enforcement can't do that themselves, the media would call him a dictator and a Facist

[@hitmancrazy1757]

Juan Munoz the media would be retarded if they called him one, knowing he was the supreme commander fighting against the fascist

[@ResidentartistTAS]

Juan Munoz yusss

[@spewgilist]

Because many people want free shit

[@TSnowy23]

I have a lot of respect for him, and his Daughter Mary Eisenhower.

[@johntexas8417]

Kennedy resumed President Eisenhowers lead on this matter. This is a time and a situation the federal government did exactly the right thing. My father was among the federal soldiers Kennedy deployed to enforce Washington D. C. hard line on this. I recall Daddy telling my brothers and I..... had they encountered aggressive resistance and were attacked....they were green lighted to start "cracking" heads the rough way

[@MJFisher76]

Back when republican presidents had integrity.

[@alhiddell6810]

what would you know about integrity ? fck all

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

al hiddell It should be evident to anyone who has a basic understanding of moral principles and basic decency. The current president has neither.

[@alhiddell6810]

@@crixxxxxxxxx the MSM is making a lot of money with the orange man bad narrative that is feeding the delusions of the sheep...so fck off you are nothing but a follower and brainwashed.

[@crixxxxxxxxx]

al hiddell The only brainwashed people are the shit for brains simpletons stupid enough to trust a ridiculous, corrupt failure like Donald Trump to be their president. How astoundingly clueless and naive do you have to be to put any trust in such a clownish asshole? His presidency is a laughable trainwreck, and the country is thankfully abandoning him.

[@johnharris7751]

I understand that back then even the Democrats had integrity also.

[@knutbk]

"... as one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

[@usayeed727]

A truly great President. This was back in the days of the United States being at its peak greatness. Sad to see those days are now long gone with leaders like Bush, Obama and Trump.

[@PeacefulPariah]

Peak greatness - mobs of people were losing their minds bc a handful of black teenagers were trying to attend the local high school. McCarthyism was destroying the lives of normal Americans, specifically Jews and Progressives. Lynching was still a common practice in the south. We and the USSR were rapidly expanding our nuclear arsenal, et cetera. Progress Breeds Happiness.

[@jaysoper3974]

very much underrated President

[@JRobbySh]

Even Ike was treated with disdain by many Democratic reporters. Yet I guess that if he did not actually write this speech it reflects his other speeches. He was a very good writer. No orator, he could make a very forcible and eloquent speech on occasion.

[@JRobbySh]

Especially by people who inflate the reputation of John Kennedy.

[@rockyracoon3233]

@@JRobbySh . Kennedy as a senator actually criticized Ike for sending troops into Arkansas!

[@practicallyallthingspractic]

What I love about the manner in which President Eisenhower delivered his speech, is that it is clearly delivered by a man who understands perfectly how to act under orders, without any rebellion. To him, he was fulfilling the order in a submissive manner that is required by law, completely free from any person notion he may have had. Like a good soldier.

[@Spearca]

"The president's responsibility is inescapable."

[@alexandru5369]

This man is ridiculously underrated. He was a conservative yes but knew wrong was wrong before polotical pressure i.e. he had a conscious

[@bigdarby2830]

Honestly his only bad stance was harassing gay people believing they were innately communist. Other than that, amazing president and general. Best we’ve probably ever had. Economy and civil rights grew under him

[@rockyracoon3233]

​JFK incidentally opposed Eisenhower sending the 101st Airborn division to Arkansas.

[@alexandru5369]

@@rockyracoon3233 Not surprising JFK seemed indifferent towards the whole Civil rights issue

[@Dlfrog]

If you are waiting for a perfect candidate, you will never vote with conviction.

[@p8entlyobvious383]

A man of integrity.

[@Bizibee483]

The best thing about this speech is that you have no idea what his personal views are of integration. He is stoically representing his office and providing leadership and guidance to the nation. Everything these days is emotional proclamation and activism… we need leadership like this again. Without strong leadership, the citizens get lost.

[@TheWolfman112]

A true southern gentleman. Ike was one of our absolute best presidents.

[@travismaxwell9115]

My God, why are some people so MEAN??!!

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

Travis Maxwell - Mainly stupidity compounded by ignorance.

[@davidsumner7604]

@tinwoods Trump just punches back. Don't attack him and he won't attack you.

[@hawkeyeten2450]

Selfish hearts of men and women, and pride. They arrogantly think they are better than everyone else around (I'm the smartest, I'm the greatest, I'm the most virtuous, etc.) and project that on society. It's never gone away, just taken on different forms in today's world. "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered" -Proverbs 28:26

[@Edward-uz4do]

Great speech from a great man

[@supermario6030]

Great....Super nice man, Rip

[@peterhoughton474]

He was a general, a leader of men. He was a brilliant ambassador - think of his ability to keep together the grand alliance that destroyed Hitler. But he was also ruthlessly determined, and cool headed. He was a gentleman and a warrior. The only great leader to see the inside of a concentration camp, and to realise that Stalin was a bad as Hitler. He protected the free world when it was most at risk. And he did it with calm self assuredness. He was magnanimous, JFK called him 'General' and asked his advice over Cuba when he became president, despite being on opposite sides of politics. His secret was no secret at all - he was just a morally true man, who did what he believed was right. That didn't mean he was always right. But it did mean he believed in what he was trying to do, and people knew he was sincere. And he hated authoritarianism with a passion. The 20th century threw up some loathesome pieces of human garbage - Hitler, Tojo, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao to name a few. We had Roosevelt, Churchill and Eisenhower. We were lucky.

[@gwmgbwi]

When the 101 Airborne shows up and says “move,” you move. Bravo Mr. President! One of the brief moments where America actually was great. Or at least trying to be..

[@freedomnews5221]

Sir Dwight D Eisenhower why did you have to integrate the schools.

[@jamesstewart8377]

There’s something about those years Ike was President. The world was a much simpler place. Sometimes it’s sad to think how far we’ve come.

[@tedpeterson1156]

There was an outward appearance of calm it looks like, but there was a lot of really skeevy stuff being hatched in terms of foreign policies. Truman wrote an interesting Op-Ed about this, maybe a month after events in Dallas in ‘63. It was clear by the timing he probably thought JFK being killed was some sort of “blowback” from abroad or perhaps worse.

[@TheHistoryGuy]

I love Eisenhower, he was a great man doing the right thing. That said, it's funny he chose to start this address by evoking the name of 3 Presidents, 2 of which were perhaps the most overtly racist men to ever hold the office.

[@DrewRobertson11]

I think that was the point. To show that the office of the president is beyond personal feelings and ideals that the rift thing and law of the land should be upheld and enforced.

[@MrGerrardify]

Man was already of his time

[@jamesb.9155]

The kind of Republican we need today but not one of them measures up to the stature of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

[@jamesb.9155]

@Kent Horvath Drop your drivel, get up off the sofa and research your history, little man... ;)

[@Terminxman]

Dude, Eisenhower is referring to the same type of people who are destroying shit today as a mob, but Trump does it and I'm sure you think it's wrong.

[@jamesb.9155]

@@Terminxman 'Trump' is no Eisenhower!

[@jamesb.9155]

@@petere1060 Yep. Plenty of Democrats have been racists alright! And every country I go to is racist too.

[@jamesb.9155]

@@Terminxman Well, since he's pretty much 'wrong' to begin with, I'll suppose you're right. Many wrongs = many wrongs.

[@fazbell]

I remember how hated he was in Alabama. That hatred paled into insignificance after Kennedy was elected. Both these men were saying "enough is enough".

[@davis7099]

Eisenhower was a great President for his time and an inspiring down to earth person. The good part was that integration of schools took place but 60 years on the American public school system is ranked 27 th in the world, way down from much poorer countries such as Lithuania and Romania. A shambles. Rich Americans of all races send their kids to private schools thus furthering a new segregation. Figure that one out.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Segregation between people of different incomes is bound to happen. It’s just a problem between the haves and the haves not. And that’s good, as it drives competition that would lift more and more people out of poverty if they put in the effort. The difference between that segregation and the segregation of the past was that, as you said yourself, that people of all races can be rich. Back in the day, they don’t care if you’re rich or not, blacks and whites must be separate as if you’re sorting out laundry. Also, you seem to blame segregation alone for America’s falling ranking in education. You seem to ignore that many of those school systems that are better than America’s are also very much integrated themselves and didn’t segregate based on race. There are at least many other factors to blame before pointing out how integration was a failure. After all, it’s been 60 or so years since schools are being ordered to integrate. Unless you’re a third world country, there’s no reason for you to suck for 60 years.

[@miarubyy]

"Disorderly mobs have deliberately prevented the carrying out of proper orders from the federal court" "To aid in the execution of federal law." "Our personal opinions about the decision on the matter of inforcement. The responsibility and authority of the supreme court to interpret the constitution are very clear."

[@carlose4314]

I like Ike

[@swlyons]

I was going to write the same but saw yours, Thumbs up!

[@marzolian]

My gosh. So much of what he's talking about is still relevant today.

[@ProjecthuntanFish]

All these years later and look at the mess our society is in!

[@lizardkingwalking]

Where is all the Eisenhower statues? Oh yeah, there aren't many because he went against the status quo. We need you again Ike!

[@sisenor4091]

I blame it on you. LOL! You made me look. I found a few. We could use him right now.

[@lizardkingwalking]

@@sisenor4091 Really? I didn't bother to myself look because I have never heard of any. I suppose you found them in his home state right. I should have looked for myself but I am so lost in this world right now so I would kindly ask you to post what you found on this comment board. Have a nice day, brother!

[@robertdesoto2348]

No, we don’t. Just look at what he did to Guatemala and Iran. He was a monster.

[@robertdesoto2348]

Rust Cohle . . . ok?

[@lizardkingwalking]

@@rusted8157 yeah

[@lyzalet6854]

Eisenhower is just as great as JFK. ❤️ He was the man of WW II. 😎

[@myrarichardson8956]

That’s why the assistant jfk he was for the African Americans

[@vikramgupta2326]

Great leadership.

[@earthangel2524]

I wish he were here to fight the Covid 19 war.

[@rockythorn9558]

Me too

[@deepee3025]

Me three he was a great leader once in a century

[@anthonychaboude1548]

He was one of the great Republican presidents. Along with Abe, Teddy, and Reagan

[@rockyracoon3233]

In spite of Watergate, Nixon did accomplish quite a bit for the nation.

[@Jane-qh2yd]

@@rockyracoon3233 Nixon could have been a decently respectable president if not for his scandal.

[@rockyracoon3233]

@@Jane-qh2yd . Nixon could have saved his presidency by simply apologizing. His problem was that he did not want to admit he did something wrong.

[@Jane-qh2yd]

@@rockyracoon3233 Character really wasn't Nixon's strong side in my eyes. Without getting too much into modern politics, I think he sort of resembles Trump in multiple ways, where he ends up shooting himself in the foot in situation where he could diverge people's hate by staying composed

[@bradhartliep879]

#AbeLincoln, #TeddyRoosevelt, #RonaldReagan and 42 year #Eisenhower #Republican and #US #Veteran #BradHartliep , the ONLY Real #Republican Candidate for #President in 40 years and the ONLY Leader in America that can restore the #Eisenhower #Republican Party and #Honorable #Statesmanship to the #WhiteHouse .. #BradHartliep 2024 America's #Republican Choice For #President

[@brucemonkhouse6698]

Such a dramatic contrast in leadership as compared to Trump..quite sad how far Trump has degraded the respect for the office and for the United States generally..

[@betosanchezarreondo1124]

Eisenhower would have used the army on those looters who are destroying everything under democrats protection

[@JRobbySh]

You think.

[@alexjames1397]

Eisenhower was the last best Republican president. Better than Reagan even.

[@bradyfry8031]

Eisenhower was a great president, unfortunately I feel like he was overshadowed by JFK.

[@Kerorofan1990]

That soldier at around 0:22 cracks me up for some reason. Like he's just begging that guy to give him a reason.

[@sblack48]

He made it about the rule of law, not about racial equality, which was shrewd. He shamed the mob, calling them unamerican, which of course they were.m

[@JRobbySh]

The first federal intervention since the time of General Grant.

[@vincentsmith2079]

Sorry Judy, not even close. Back to history class for you.

[@MrGerrardify]

@@vincentsmith2079 Boohoo

[@johnnotrealname8168]

The true greatness of Eisenhower was managing to direct a way to achieve this progress within the framework of anti-communism which most people agreed with. While it is true he did not achieve everything he could have, this definitively proves his intentions were good.

[@paulaward6764]

My family and I lived in Benton Arkansas from 1969 to 1975. My dad drove a truck for Arkansas Best Freight in Little Rock.

[@michaelfontaine8231]

You remember anything about this?

[@paulaward6764]

I was born in 1967

[@michaelfontaine8231]

@@paulaward6764 ok, wild time

[@brianarbenz7206]

Eisenhower opposed the court's Brown v. Board decision, and Truman's integrating of the armed forces. If he had shown strong leadership on those and other civil rights issues, the mob would not have felt so empowered in the first place.

[@ericsniper9843]

I agree with your position. I mean he wouldn't even end this nonsense of segregation during the U.S. Army. I could have simply ordered that all replacement would be assigned to wherever they are needed.

[@jamiearan]

I like Ike!

[@cybergrail]

This is the way a President should address the American people, with dignity, facts, and courage.

[@interior.imperial1]

Back when Republicans had a spine and a moral compass.

[@braydenmcneal6709]

Dean Konstantian don’t worry. Let them keep making shit up like “the parties switched.”

[@realGalactus]

Brayden McNeal Go back to 1870. Republicans were the ones promoting Chinese immigration, high taxes, and social services.

[@interior.imperial1]

@Infoslayer827364938 riiiiiiiiight, because Jefferson Davis was an avid fan of Marx, and all those rebel states were trying to bring about a socialist utopia.

[@JRobbySh]

So did black leaders.

[@onomatopoeia162003]

How times have changed. And when the Dems had the spine in the New Deal. Not so much in the last 40 years.

[@michaelfontaine8231]

Eisenhower 2020

[@ColdSid]

I WISH !

[@actualideas8078]

No thanks. Separation 2020

[@Perseverance0626]

I like Ike 2020!

[@drasticwillb]

In these all in or all out times of hype the slightest sign of racism he would be considered a closet racist. He said "the house of Wilson" and Princeton has disavowed Woodrow Wilson as a racist. He didn't immediately send troops to Little Rock because he didn't completely believe in desegregation. “He wasn't that enthusiastic about the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision and equivocated in public,” said John A. Kirk, a history professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and author of Beyond Little Rock: The Origins and Legacies of the Central High Crisis. Eisenhower was more concerned with how the US would look from a Cold War perspective, and that his orders to the governor to protect their entrance were disobeyed.

[@robertdesoto2348]

Fuck him. He’s a war criminal and a racist.

[@shawnfellows5949]

What a great guy 👍

[@johnnybeanz1296]

I had the privilege of having my picture taken with him and my family in the Oval Office 60 years ago, I was 12.

[@e.c.3844]

Former President Eisenhower delivers Some Kind of Speech.

[@ace1776]

Escorting racists at bayonet point! Whoa that was cool.

[@slundgr]

That’s what needs to be done now with Antifa and rioters and looters and the anarchists in Seattle

[@Melinda8162]

@@slundgr ha, they'll never do that anymore. There's no law and order anymore.

[@slundgr]

@@Melinda8162 No there isn't. We have seen that the last two weeks with cops taking a knee and National Guard members putting down their shields while rioting, looting and burning is the order of the day. Then they take over downtown Seattle. If Trump won't do anything, what do you think Biden would do? I shudder at the thought.

[@Melinda8162]

@@slundgr I agree with you on that! And, look at Chicago.....and 'that' mayor, holy cow!!!

[@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106]

One of those soldiers was my dad.a 28 yr old paratrooper who at the time could have cared less but this changed him immensely. After little rock daddy supported civil rights 100% he raised us to respect everyone no matter their color.

[@bouffant-girl]

General Eisenhower was a "HOSS" ! from way back! He was one of the ORIGINAL O.G." A man of his time, but also extremely dedicated to his service, both as a dedicated United States Army General Officer 👏 💪 , and as a two term PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN POTUS

[@taylorjohnson4076]

it's incredible that our president has to articulate himself like this because of the situation about racism in about how people wouldn't want to comply with just being human

[@deckiedeckie]

They don't make'm like him anymore......

[@chrishultgren777]

Just remember it was Honest Abe who gave us this hellscape.

[@Letwoo67]

Touch grass

[@chrishultgren777]

@Letwoo67 I got mugged at my neighborhood park, guess who

[@Letwoo67]

@@chrishultgren777 Who Asked

[@AnalyticsAndResearch_Fast]

At about 7.4 "the President and executive branch will- Support and Ensure-the carrying out of the decision of the Supreme Court", I did not hear politics or party. Just simply clear responsibility, regardless of agreement or disagreement. I Like Ike

[@joshuajones634]

If Eisenhower were in politics today he would be considered a liberal.

[@bradhartliep879]

100% WRONG. If #Republican Eisenhower were in politics today he would STILL BE an #Eisenhower #REPUBLICAN -- just like me .. WE DON'T CHANGE OUR POLITICAL OPINION .. Every single so-called "liberal socialist democrat" today is in fact a #REPUBLICAN .. The REPUBLICAN party created #Socially #Progressive Policies when the DEMOCRATIC Party 100% supported #Slavery, #WhiteSupremacy and the #KKK -- and the REPUBLICAN Party, today, is STILL #SociallyProgressive and Pro Civil Rights -- the GOP, on the other hand, is no longer "republican" - they are Anti-Republican CONSERVATIVES [aka Ex Democrats] .. I have been a #Socially #Progressive, Moderate, Centrist #Eisenhower #REPUBLICAN for 42 years .. I have been protecting and defending and Promoting #Socially #Progressive #CivilRights for #Blacks, #Latinos, #Women, and #Gays for 42 years -- and I have NEVER in my life supported the Liberal Party ..

[@Jane-qh2yd]

Have no idea what the lunatic above me is on about, but I disagree. Ike was definitely more of a conservative. In modern times he would probably be more of a very moderate Republican

[@bradhartliep879]

Absolutely 100% False - #Eisenhower was a PROGRESSIVE #Republican.. identical to PROGRESSIVE #Republican Abe Lincoln, and PROGRESSIVE #Republican Teddy Roosevelt and the millions of PROGRESSIVE #Republicans that STILL EXIST .. The #REPUBLICAN PARTY was #PROGRESSIVE 200 Years before the Liberal Democrats.. every single "liberal democrat"

[@bradhartliep879]

@@Jane-qh2yd Ike Eisenhower was NOT A "conservative" .. you clearly have never studied Ike's policies .. he HATED the Conservative Democrats.. he was far more Socially PROGRESSIVE than Kennedy and did far more to give Black Americans their civil and equal rights.. Eisenhower absolutely 100% opposed the Democratic Party's Jim Crow Laws and the Democratic Party's clear hatred of Black Americans .. stop listening to the bullshit spewing out of Racist Joe Biden's Lies and do some fucking research .. Eisenhower is the GREATEST President this country has ever fucking had -- and he clearly supported the Civil Equal and Voting Rights of ALL Americans .. In no fucking way was Eisenhower a fucking Racist, White Supremacist Democrat or a Communist Fucking Liberal or a Fascist Fucking Conservative.. The REPUBLICAN Party under Eisenhower was 100% #PROGRESSIVE and pro #CivilRights -- aka #Republican -- not "Conservative" .. stop putting 2016 Conservative Ideology on the 1960 Eisenhower Republican Party -- we are NOT the same ..

[@garyowen9044]

It must have been awesome to have had a US President who could form multiple sentences.

[@Jane-qh2yd]

Unfortunately the last two clowns in office don't even know their own names

[@jeremiahblake3949]

This comment section is just fantastic. No reasonable conversation, false comparisons, sham facts, blatant demagoguery, and a few legitimate Nazis. Ahhh KZbin.

[@robobox7595]

@ObsidianBuddah They are equally bad, and KZbin does not.

[@garymorris1856]

No president wants to send troops against citizens, and Eisenhower did not relish doing this, but he was a strong leader, an honorable man and he saw his duty and did it!

[@dimbulb1178]

Would love to see how he would address today’s mob.

[@johnbattista9519]

The same way... send in federal troops to restore order when local officials fail to do their duty and the follow the oath they swore to.

[@Jumpjoe4587]

You mean he's whiny wimpy snowflakes and cupcakes know he had a fight Hitler believe me nothing today could come close today hatred that he faced

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

@@Jumpjoe4587 we got an edgelord here. Those stop being popular years ago dude 🙄.