re: #57 Atlas Fails

… and the article totally misrepresents the Truman Doctrine while blaming it for Vietnam.

The Truman Doctrine is why we went into Vietnam. “[T]he policy of the United States [is] to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”

There were also his major missteps leading up to the Korean war, not least of which was being a major driver behind reducing the size of the military below what even Congress was wanting, and failing to involve Congress when he went to the UN for military action (because the Navy was too small).

No, don’t think I can call Truman the best. Better than some, but far from the best.