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Who do you think was the worst past US President, and why? I personally nominate Richard Nixon, because, well because he was an idiot in almost everything he did.
rachmaninoff said:Where's Hoover? Where's Reagan?
Smurf said:(who the **** is "taft")
Well, the atomic bombs obviously weren't a good thing, but Truman certainly didn't take it lightly. It came down to two choices: either fire-bomb Tokyo (which would have killed 200K civilians per month) or drop the atomic bomb. When all radiation deaths are included, the two bombs killed fewer than that number of people, so if the war hadn't ended within the month, then there would have been more deaths (not even including military deaths). Was it an evil? Yes. Was it the lesser of the two evils? Probably.Entropy said:Truman for bombing Japan.
Well, the atomic bombs obviously weren't a good thing, but Truman certainly didn't take it lightly. It came down to two choices: either fire-bomb Tokyo (which would have killed 200K civilians per month) or drop the atomic bomb. When all radiation deaths are included, the two bombs killed fewer than that number of people, so if the war hadn't ended within the month, then there would have been more deaths (not even including military deaths). Was it an evil? Yes. Was it the lesser of the two evils? Probably.
Of the available choices I would have thought you would pick Taft. He was President when the 16th (income tax) amendment was passed.Townsend said:FDR for the New Deal...
Skyhunter said:Of the available choices I would have thought you would pick Taft. He was President when the 16th (income tax) amendment was passed.
is that a best list or a worst list?russ_watters said:Wilson would be in my top 5. I probably would have said Andrew Johnson.
motai said:The White House had to install a new bathtub for him...
Ulysses S. Grant was President when Yellow Stone National Park was established.Townsend said:When I posted that there were no choices listed, just the question of who was the worst US president. So I said FDR...
I suppose from the choices that Taft is my pick for the worst just because of 16th amendment but I do appericate the fact that he established Yellow Stone National Park..
By Act of March 1, 1872, Congress established Yellowstone National Park in the Territories of Montana and Wyoming "as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people" and placed it "under exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior." The founding of Yellowstone National Park began a worldwide national park movement. Today more than 100 nations contain some 1,200 national parks or equivalent preserves.
He was Lincoln's Vice President.Smurf said:I didn't even think of Andrew... he wasn't in the 20th century though was he?
... that's a "no" then right? Lincoln was like 18-something something.Skyhunter said:He was Lincoln's Vice President.
You're right. He was 1865-1869.Smurf said:I didn't even think of Andrew... he wasn't in the 20th century though was he?
deckart said:Any good US presidents? Or are you all just anti-US?
Or just have done nothing. Japan's navy was gone and its forces shattered. Maybe they weren't a threat anymore?
Any good US presidents? Or are you all just anti-US?
Just go ask Germany how Soviet occupation felt, end of discussion.
Anttech said:Becuase Japan were communists and were going to invade china and create the People Republic of China...
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