Where's the conspiracy?

I remember my first day on here.

Lol kidding right?

We need more Dwight's, Donald's and Goldwater's.

One is not like the others.

You're grouping Trump with one of the best presidents of he 20th century. The two should never be mentioned in the same sentence.

You mean like Donald is going to do again with his tax policy

The blind allegiance to that fat retarded piece of shit is incredible

I'm no fan of the Reagan administration but clearly Ronnie and Maggie Thatcher were MKULTRA victims.

More Donalds? The t_d infestation of this sub is very disappointing

One of those is not like the others. Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but it is insulting to mention Trump in the sentence as Eisenhower. Eisenhower would cringe at what is happening now.

All Eisenhower wanted to do was to prevent another WW. Dulles massaged the man's military identity/concerns and manipulated him into thinking the CIA would operate within the bounds of military intelligence defense--not become its own, insidious entity.

I get the sense that Eisenhower recognized what was actually going on a little too late in his administration. That, coupled with the fact that he'd signed off on a significant amount of funding and CIA operations (including the Bay of Pigs), the only thing he could do was speak vaguely about what was happening in his farewell address.

When you look at history, it's obvious the man was speaking about the CIA and Dulles in particular.

It was the Dulles brothers who sold Eisenhower on desposing Mossagdeh a great man and nationalist. Eisenhower seemed to greatly regret the monster he created. One of the last few years America was truly both good and great. The MIC has rotted the minds and character of America, destroyed the culture and made it surrogates of Zions interests.

Thank you so much for adding to this--I have not gotten to that point in my history reading and this is something I am going to definitely be looking out for.

Eisenhower wanted to do more than prevent a World War. His entire policy laid out in NSC 162/2 is centered around active subversion of the Soviet Union, especially in "uncommitted nations." He felt that diplomatic overtures and covert operations were the ways to make this possible. Ike was a strong supporter of covert operations because he'd seen them succeed in Europe. The CIA definitely got off the leash during Ike's administration, but he deserves some of the blame.

This is a great point--from what I have read, not just about Eisenhower but nearly every single major military figure from WWII (with the exception of McArthur--I don't think it's coincidential that he was removed from command by the previous administration on account of making public statements regarding China and its military that were blunt, devoid of diplomatic softening and indicative of his plain analysis) feverently believed that the only way to neutralize the possibility of a third World War was to neutralize communism as a global force.

I think Dulles played on this collective belief, which was undoubtedly mitigated by the veterans's draining and traumatic experiences. The problem with their line of thinking wasn't that certain types of institutions and people needed to be stopped in order to prevent the erosion of human values and rights--they were correct--but who.

It's the people who will say and do anything in the name of obtaining power. I do not envy the chill that must have surged through Eisenhower once he realized this about Dulles and the CIA.