Truman said "The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. We thank God that it has come to us, instead of to our enemies; and we pray that He may guide us to use it in His ways and for His purposes."
Estimates state up to 200,000 total had died by 1950 from burns, radiation and related disease. From 1950 to 2000, 46% of leukemia deaths and 11% of solid cancer deaths among bomb survivors were due to radiation from the bombs, the statistical excess being estimated to 94 leukemia and 848 solid cancers.
Truman made the decision to recognize the establishment of the State of Israel over the objections of Secretary of State George Marshall, who feared it would hurt relations with the Arab states
"I am sorry, gentlemen, but I have to answer to hundreds of thousands who are anxious for the success of Zionism: I do not have hundreds of thousands of Arabs among my constituents."
Doctors infected soldiers, prostitutes, prisoners and mental patients with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases, without the informed consent of the subjects, and treated most subjects with antibiotics. This resulted in at least 83 deaths
Truman and Obama have striking similarities: Truman became president in 1945, Republicans won a majority house in 1946 and virtually blocked everything Truman proposed. Truman was expected to lose in 1948 but he won by an upset. Obama became president in 2009, Republicans won a majority house in 2010 and virtually blocked everything Obama proposed. Right now Obama is expected to lose, but he will win in an upset in 2012 due to uninspiring candidates and tea bagging extremists.
Man you guys are dumb truman was as corrupt as he was dirt stupid .....a real true man was his predecesor.......and shit if the "grand ol party" would give obama a chance he might get somethin done.....but that'll never happen thanx to money crazed white bankers
YOU CANT COMPARE ANYTHING TO THIS. THIS IS A SYSTEMATIC WAY OF EXTERMINATION. the fact that these weapons were developed and USED gave the possibility FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,THAT EVERY LIVING ON THIS PLANET COULD BE DESTROYED WITH A PUSH OF A BUTTON!!!!!!. America not only mass murdered thousands of people but planted the seed for any other country to use nuclear weapons for their OWN just cause. HARRY TRUMAN IS THE GREATEST WAR CRIMINAL!!!
On June 24, 1941, just started the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the New York Times published the opinion that he deserved to Truman, then Senator from Missouri simple, that invasion. "United States Truman understood should help either side that seem to be losing. If we see that Germany is winning we should help Russia. If we see that Russia is winning we should help Germany. The point is that to kill between them in the greatest number. "
@Mujangga When he was elected President in 1948 he defeated Thomas Dewey in one of the biggest upset elections ever. Yes, he did "win reelection over Thomas Dewey" despite what you claim. Was he originally elected President? No, because as you said FDR died.
"If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible." (june 24, 1941)
@Seaworldexists shut ur lips... democrats have and always will remain true to their democratic cause... from the start of the party, thru the civil war fighting against the ass hole lincoln, all the way up to obama... dont dis my party
@wildboy789789 Well I rather liked the democratic party up to the 1960 election. They were the party of individual liberty but unfortunately became the party of statism. I hate the republicans even more so dont feel too bad I'm one of the few remaining dixecrats though I must say Obamas stand against the zionists was very encouraging.
@TheNewnice Would you rather get out troops killed on the shores of japan? Than use the atomic bomb? I'm glad he used it, I wouldn't want to send troops to their deaths, and by the way I have read history, and I'm in favor of the bomb to end the war
Truman was the worst fool this country ever had. For 4 golden years only we had the Bomb; for 8 years after only we could strike a distant target. Truman wasted this time and let Russia catch up. If we had used it right away there would have been no Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev or Mao and we wouldn't have a single enemy today. 500 years from now Truman will be a swear word like Benedict Arnold, Quisling and Judas; it will mean cowardice and stupidity and will start fights in schools and bars.
@72gisele That is quite possibly the most stupid comment I have ever read. WHy didn't Ike use it after him? We still had the only H-bomb in the world at that point, the Russians only had the A-bomb at this point. How are China, and Russia our enemies now? Why would we have wanted to wipe them out as they have not done anything to us? We obviously came out ahead politically and economically. People like you should be fixed so you can't procreate and spread your stupidity!
We don't have parades like that anymore. We bacame apathetic, complacent, even disrespectful of our own military power and civil virtue. We became more concerned with luxury and laxness of life than with the discipline of citizenship. Let us come together now by choice, lest we wait until the full assault of future war or crisis awakens us without choice.
Best President ever. Strong, principled, moral, standing strong against corruption, and let's not forget that he blew the living shizznit out of japan.
I'm a Republican but LOVE Truman. He was a no-nosense leader, and wasn't afraid to stand up for what he believed in. That is what we need in a leader, regardless of his party. I am a Republican because I believe in many of the things they do. I look for a candidate who honors the constitution and the individual principles on which this country was founded on. That is why I like Truman and Ike. Kennedy and Nixon Ford and Reagan - They believed in the individual rights of the people.
@SavageArmsMan I'm a Democrat, but sometimes I lean Independent. Anyway, I respect Republicans like you, who don't smear a President simply because he's from the 'other' party. You vote for a candidate who you believe will benefit our country, instead of voting for a guy simply because he represents your party. I'm the same way, I will vote for a member of any party that I feel is the best choice at the time.
General Yeager's dad met Truman once at a dinner party. He refused to shake Truman's hand because apparently even then 'the only good Democrat had yet to be born'
Grover Cleveland was elected twice in two non-consecutive terms. Therefore he is usually counted as two Presidents. Thus Truman is counted as 33rd, but was actually the 32nd person to be President.
@grangeender1 Truman hated Republicans, thought most of them were crooks, and routinely called them out for it in his speeches, and had no tolerance whatsoever for graft and corrpution. The Democratic party needs to do more research about him. He'd be disgusted with some of their pansy behavior since LBJ. I like Clinton, but even he made himself a centrist after failing in the promotion of some of the liberal tenets that he felt were a mandate by the voting out of GHWB.
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David McCullough's rewriting of history won't save the reputation of this horrible, despotic little bitch of a man, imperialistic warmonger, creator of Israel and doom.
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uno de los criminales de guerra mas grandes de la historia, pues solo a una mente criminal y maquiabelica ,se le podia haber ocurrido, lanzar 2 bonbas atomicas, sobre 2 ciudades, llena de gente inocente, los libros de historia deberian darle el lugar que le corresponde a este maldito, como lo que es un criminal de guerra, este ´´sr´´ no derrumbo 2 torres, desaparecio 2 ciudades, esa es la verdad, que debe escribirse, en la historia.
One of the thing you don't realize is that Obama is still a black man and has to tread carefully. Even without belligerence, he's being perceived as arrogant by many whites, including you. So, he's not using belligerence, rather, he's using soft power--wisdom.
Leston , this is not about black or white. why is it dat everytime someone points out Obama's flaws ur quick to run and hide under the rock of racism. when a black basketballer fails to make a shot, is it racism or poor performance:.. All the worlds great leaders made tuff decisons, they dint hide their spaghettis spines by so called soft power wisdom. How come Ahmadinejad isnt in bed with Obama already? so much for soft power!
its interesting how Truman differentiates the US against communisim/ totalitarianism and shows a backbone in justifying democracy. How refreshing. Obama , on the other hand, apologizes for US beligerence and tells third world dictators they have an equal say. Obama is a fraud with a supect character.
Right then the United States played a huge role in defeating Nazi Germany and saving the world from the tyranny of Facism.
Fast forward 60 years, the United States has been involved in the backing of many military dictators that have caused the suffering of millions and has invaded many countries (notably Vietnam and Iraq among others), mistakes have been made. Other then Hiroshima, there was nothing "regrettable" done, therefore nothing to apologize for.
You appear to know little about American history or of the significance of the decisions made by President Truman during his administration. He understood America and it's founding principles. I agree with Lee Iacocca when he wrote in his book, "Where Have all the Leaders Gone?" every American should thank Harry Truman for having saved the world.
Eisenhower and Taft Republicans bore no resemblance to the uptight crazies who now control the Republican Party; today's crazy Democrats bear no resemblance to Democrats in Truman's time, either. The USA has gone to hell.
Yeah, I can't decide as my favorite President between him and Lyndon B. Johnson, Truman made a wise, yet huge, decision to drop that bomb to end WWII.
Did you know that two men tried to assassinate Harry S. Truman? Their names are Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo and they are lucky to not have gotten their asses capped like Leon F. Czolgosz did.
Harry Truman was truly ahead of his time. His support for health care and civil rights before popular support for those issues was common killed any chance of re-election in 1952. (He was the last president who could theoretically be elected to a third term).
One wonders what he would have thought of the progress since.
Harry Truman a very decent human being with no false pretenses. He was the last President that did not have a college education. Even though he used terms like 'nigra', he rose above that and risked his Presidency to apply the priciple of equal jusitce for all by standing up to segregationist. His decision to desegregate the military through executive order , even though waterd down was heroic and caused Sen. Strom Thurmond to run against him as a Dixiecrat. His judical appts were second rate.
If HST were alive he would have dozens of these clowns we have today in office today in front of a firing squad on the fourth of July. I will be trying to raise Harry from the dead later today. I dion't think I will succeed (Truman's wife may object) but those who beleive in "sic semper tyrannus" wish me luck!
Yes, but Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms. To-day, we tend to acknowledge him as both the 22nd and the 24th President. But then, there was always a discrepancy; if one views the New York Times from the day after Kennedy's inagural, he can see a small subtitle that reads (and I paraphrase): "Kennedy is either 34th or 35th President depending on system used."
@puttputtking Interesting! It depends on whether you count Grover Cleveland once or twice. Because he served two separate terms, the custom has been to count him twice. If you do that, Truman is 33rd president; if you don't then every president since Cleveland goes down one in number. And Obama would be the 43rd, not the 44th.
@puttputtking In those days some argued that Stephen Grover Cleveland who served two non consecutive terms as President was the 22 president, instead of being the 22 as well as the 24th President.
@puttputtking He was technically the 32nd person so serve as President in light of the fact that Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and was therefore both the 22nd and 24th President. That might be why Truman is referred to here as the 32nd President. However, you're right that he is still generally considered the 33rd President.
@puttputtking Truman was the 32nd man to serve as president because Grover Cleveland served two inconsecutive terms. So technically he was the 32nd president.
@puttputtking The confusion results from the fact that Grover Cleveland served non-consecutive terms, 1885 to 1889 and 1893-1897. Eventually, it was decided that Cleveland would be counted as the 22nd President and as the 24th President. Under that numbering system, Truman is the 33rd President, but only the 32nd person to actually hold the office, since Cleveland is being counted twice.
Truman and his masons wanted to create a frozen conflict where both parties would stuggle to arm themself all the time,making rich only the arm-dealers (masons)and world bankers that financed both comunists and western party
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Truman was a lunatic that incuraged only a cold war in Asia...in Coreea performed a dezaster of the american interest by promoting a stupid politic of "limited interference"..i mean,come on..he asurred the chinese that no american will hit their launch area and provisiones camp,put a blockade to the taiwanese that offered to help,stoped MacArthur from bombing the bridges between china and north coreea and finaly asked MacArthur to resign ,afraid that this brave general could win the war ..
And it doesn't do anything for the relatives of those americans who dies in the Baatan death march, or in the Japanese POW camps, I guess. There was NOTHING good about this war, but I assure you Japan intended to destroy us. Fortunately, we destroyed them first. War sux, but that's just the truth.
And as far as Truman being "a monster"...I think the policies he put in place after the war for building up and supporting Japan and Germany and rebuilding them says quite a lot. We could certainly have treated them much more harshly than we did, and the public sentiment at the time certainly was't "conciliatory" but he stood up against it. We certainly treated them better than we would have gotten had the outcome been different and we had lost the war.
In the contrary, Quick; I don't like the atom bomb either, but it certainly ended the war. Besides which, the Japanese (at the time) were absolutely ruthless, and if the results had been different and THEY had won, they would certainly not have helped us afterward as we did them. And they would not have hesitated a spit second to drop one on us. The times were much different then, and Truman was interested in saving AMERICAN lives. I agree with his decision.
Quick, you're full of it. The only way that the United States could have pressured Japan into surrender without the atomic bomb would have been to invade Japan (a plan which was already under way), and which would have cost hundreds of thousands more american lives. As President, Truman had NO other choice.
The end does not always justify the means, especially in this case. There is no excuse to drop atomic weapons on innocent civilians and Truman would have done just fine pressuring Japan into surrender without nuclear weapons.
While at the same time having alot more American lives lost. Had there been an invasion, more Japanese citizens would have been killed, and the outcome more heartbreaking. I agree that the bomb is more terrifying, but at the time, it was nesscessary.
I'd say Harry Truman's one of the worst U.S. presidents. He dropped two atomic bombs on two different cities with lots of innocent civilians (including women and children) and contaminated those areas with radiation that would permeate for centuries to come. And after that, I'm surprised we still have Nuclear weapons. They're supposed to be there to keep us safe but I don't feel any safer with those things in our arsenals and we're no better than the 3rd Reich for ever using them.
You haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about. Truman saved MILLIONS of lives (American and Japanese) by dropping the bomb. If we didn't drop the bomb, we would've launched an all-out invasion of Japan, and completely levelled the country. True that brought us into the Nuclear era, but we haven't had another world war yet, have we? They do keep us safe because after Hiroshima and Nagasaki mankind is afraid to use them again, and hopefully we never do.
How can you tell that he would have saved millions more lives anyway? The United States could have driven Japan into surrender without nuclear weapons. Your argument gives no excuse for Truman's use of the A-Bombs: there is no rationale for using such devastating weapons, using the atomic bombs had made Truman just as much of a monster as Heinrich Himmler, Hitler, and Tojo.
You obviously don't know anything about history, because even after we dropped the first bomb the Japaneses showed no signs or actions of surrender. Their government was prepared to destroy the entire country rather than surrender, just like Germany. You sound like an ignoramus and a simpleton comparing Harry Truman to Hitler. Truman saved the world from going communist and kept millions of people free. Crack open a book, then come talk to me
I went to school and for over a decade of History classes, I learned my fair share of WWII history and I still say that there is NEVER any excuse to use an Atomic weapon. Nobody, no matter how unscrupulous they are, deserves to have an atomic bomb drop on them and have the land around them contaminated with radiation.
Nice arm-chair heinseight, except at the time the affects of radiation and the long-term consequences weren't yet known. If they were we would have never detonated the experimental bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It has nothing to do with "unscrupulous", it was done to end the most destructive war ever. Do you think the Germays and Japan wouldn't have used it against us? Besides, for 69 peril-filled years, the nuke has kept the world from having another war because everyone is afraid to use it.
Speaking of Germans, did you know they were defeated before the Atom bombs fell? That little tidbit drove Japan further into surrender without nuclear weapons. And yeah, I'm sure the axis powers would have used the atomic bombs against us, but if we too retaliated with a nuclear strike we would have been no better than they were.
And no, the nuke did not keep us safe especially when you consider the Bay of Pigs incident.
This is insane. Yeah Germany was defeated prior to that, but that doesn't mean the Japanese were gonna just roll over and give up. The estimates for American losses in a Japanese invasion were (at the time!) 250,000-500,00, and the war extending into summer/fall of 1946. My Dad and Uncle were two of those who were scheduled to be headed to Japan for that invasion. Say what you want; The decision ended the war and saved hundreds of thousands of American lives.
I don't mean to offend you, but that really does not justify the deaths of millions of innocent civilians And it certainly does not amuse people who had friends and relatives who died in the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Of course I know that, Germany surreneder in May '45. And what are you talking about "that tiny little tidbit caused them to surrender"!? JAPAN SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SURRENDER!! Their fascistic government was prepared to kill every civilian in combat before we dropped the bomb. We survived Bay of Pigs with no fighting. I don't know where you went to school, but maybe you should go back. Or maybe you just fell asleep in history class, because your lack of knowledge is astounding.
Truman - probably the most evil President in US history. directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of so many.
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic bombs - mass murderer of women, children and old civilians
- creation of Israel
- interfering in Vietnam (leading to vietnam war)
- interfering in Korea (See Korea war)
- medical experiments on blacks in Tuskegee and Guatemalans
You should not be honoring this man America ...
Communist2012 1 week ago
Truman said "The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. We thank God that it has come to us, instead of to our enemies; and we pray that He may guide us to use it in His ways and for His purposes."
Communist2012 1 week ago
Estimates state up to 200,000 total had died by 1950 from burns, radiation and related disease. From 1950 to 2000, 46% of leukemia deaths and 11% of solid cancer deaths among bomb survivors were due to radiation from the bombs, the statistical excess being estimated to 94 leukemia and 848 solid cancers.
Communist2012 1 week ago
Truman made the decision to recognize the establishment of the State of Israel over the objections of Secretary of State George Marshall, who feared it would hurt relations with the Arab states
"I am sorry, gentlemen, but I have to answer to hundreds of thousands who are anxious for the success of Zionism: I do not have hundreds of thousands of Arabs among my constituents."
Communist2012 1 week ago
Doctors infected soldiers, prostitutes, prisoners and mental patients with syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases, without the informed consent of the subjects, and treated most subjects with antibiotics. This resulted in at least 83 deaths
Communist2012 1 week ago
Harry Truman was a famous dolphin right?
WanderLink 1 week ago
Truman is definitely one of the best presidents this nation has seen along with Lincoln, T.R., F.D.R, and Reagan.
STLConman033 3 weeks ago
fuck his mass murdering ass
edwardd6681 3 weeks ago
Truman and Obama have striking similarities: Truman became president in 1945, Republicans won a majority house in 1946 and virtually blocked everything Truman proposed. Truman was expected to lose in 1948 but he won by an upset. Obama became president in 2009, Republicans won a majority house in 2010 and virtually blocked everything Obama proposed. Right now Obama is expected to lose, but he will win in an upset in 2012 due to uninspiring candidates and tea bagging extremists.
wangsta25 1 month ago
@wangsta25 TRUE!
inspiron57ful 1 month ago
@wangsta25 A sad but true fact.... I tip my hat to you sir
DaRantKid 2 weeks ago in playlist Historical Inauguration Speeches
truman is a great president who is underrated
gerjerry99 2 months ago
@gerjerry99 Reagan 1st and JFK 2nd.
Boelcke1919 2 months ago
sucks
dandylion911 2 months ago
He was the third greatest president of the twentieth century.
Boelcke1919 3 months ago
@Boelcke1919 who's first and second then
gerjerry99 2 months ago
Man you guys are dumb truman was as corrupt as he was dirt stupid .....a real true man was his predecesor.......and shit if the "grand ol party" would give obama a chance he might get somethin done.....but that'll never happen thanx to money crazed white bankers
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YOU CANT COMPARE ANYTHING TO THIS. THIS IS A SYSTEMATIC WAY OF EXTERMINATION. the fact that these weapons were developed and USED gave the possibility FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,THAT EVERY LIVING ON THIS PLANET COULD BE DESTROYED WITH A PUSH OF A BUTTON!!!!!!. America not only mass murdered thousands of people but planted the seed for any other country to use nuclear weapons for their OWN just cause. HARRY TRUMAN IS THE GREATEST WAR CRIMINAL!!!
compooky 3 months ago
Truman, a... TRUE MAN. HA AHAELJASF. But really, he was pretty awesome.
FuryFlurry1 3 months ago
It's amazing reading truman boards- half the posts are in adoration of him, and the other half are hateful of him. Personally, I love Harry!
jmwvideoman22 3 months ago
On June 24, 1941, just started the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the New York Times published the opinion that he deserved to Truman, then Senator from Missouri simple, that invasion. "United States Truman understood should help either side that seem to be losing. If we see that Germany is winning we should help Russia. If we see that Russia is winning we should help Germany. The point is that to kill between them in the greatest number. "
This was Truman Yankee
guillegmz 4 months ago
Highly recommend "Truman" by David McCullough. Long, but a fascinating book.
griffin324 4 months ago
LOL @ 17:00 the narrator screws up. "Each of the 48 states" ? There's 50, dumbass.
funkmike 4 months ago
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Seriously? Both Hawaii and Alaska were incorporated into the union in 1959, ten years after this recording was made. lrn2history.
SackMaDack 4 months ago 4
@funkmike, Hawaii and Alaska were not states yet when Truman was president.
eric8542011 1 month ago
One of the great Presidents!
archer1949 4 months ago
truman was a great man! may he rest in piece
33guyfawkes 4 months ago
@33guyfawkes 'rest in piece'...lol
jratt2 4 months ago
Murderer of many innocent children, women en man...Hopefully he will burn in hell
Asyamsin 5 months ago
Shame he lived for so long, should of been executed along with the Nazi War criminals the vile scum.
ThyJovan 6 months ago
Yo, C-SPAN, Truman did not "win reelection over Thomas Dewey..." He became President when Roosevelt died and was not elected President until 1948.
It's creepy how what Truman said in his inauguration is the opposite of what America has done and the parade reminded me of Red Square on May Day.
Mujangga 7 months ago
@Mujangga When he was elected President in 1948 he defeated Thomas Dewey in one of the biggest upset elections ever. Yes, he did "win reelection over Thomas Dewey" despite what you claim. Was he originally elected President? No, because as you said FDR died.
JudgeMagisterDelita 7 months ago
its cause of this asshole of a president that people in N.K and china are suffering till today...
tripper85 8 months ago
Harry, what do you think of what the Tea Party's been saying?
"It's a lot of damn bullshit."
True.
UncleMikeNJ 8 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ you are right. If he were still living that's probably what he would say.
supertrouper2 7 months ago
another brave american=)
"If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible." (june 24, 1941)
AllofStewie 8 months ago
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In my opinion the worst President in US history.
MikeSears100 10 months ago
Ah yeah... the party of Reagan, Palin, Bachman and B-1 Bob Dornan is the cornerstone of sane, responsible leadership.
notredamehesamighty 10 months ago
The democrat party was fairly sane before the baby boomers started voting.
Seaworldexists 10 months ago
@Seaworldexists shut ur lips... democrats have and always will remain true to their democratic cause... from the start of the party, thru the civil war fighting against the ass hole lincoln, all the way up to obama... dont dis my party
wildboy789789 8 months ago
@wildboy789789 Well I rather liked the democratic party up to the 1960 election. They were the party of individual liberty but unfortunately became the party of statism. I hate the republicans even more so dont feel too bad I'm one of the few remaining dixecrats though I must say Obamas stand against the zionists was very encouraging.
Seaworldexists 8 months ago
If only Dewey had campaigned harder.
NYerintransit 10 months ago
ALL PRESIDENTS WERE RACIST BEFORE KENNEDY...AND THE BUSH YEARS.
salbella50 11 months ago
Why only 48 states? Perhaps Alaska was "too far to come"?
gewangew 11 months ago
harry truman go to hell he was a fat coward now he burned in his grave
mssooomy 1 year ago
Why the Bible kissing? Seriously...is that a freemasonry ritual?
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lyvwdwlfh8 1 year ago
...freakin' FDR's assbitch.
ahsasv18 1 year ago
If Truman were here today he would nuke Iran
pandafatxXx 1 year ago
thats my high school's name harry s truman high school
ericafck08 1 year ago
1:04 THOSE ARE som big ass buttons..if that one missed and the needle got like...ouch....
Coolboy500aa 1 year ago
Not only was Truman a model human being and a highly effective president, he understood the need for health care for all Americans.
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the pig is in hell right now
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bgshort99 1 year ago
Harry Truman was the Best Democrat President ever. He knew what had to be done and took American foreign policy into the modern era permanently.
I wish Truman was alive today and was elected instead of Obama.
DeathlyReaper217 1 year ago
@DeathlyReaper217 I would take harry truman over obama anyday
coldkeyes 1 year ago 15
@coldkeyes
Because You’re an American Terrorist
TheNewnice 5 months ago
@TheNewnice how am I an american terrorist?
coldkeyes 5 months ago
@coldkeyes
Read History pls ...read about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
TheNewnice 5 months ago
@TheNewnice Would you rather get out troops killed on the shores of japan? Than use the atomic bomb? I'm glad he used it, I wouldn't want to send troops to their deaths, and by the way I have read history, and I'm in favor of the bomb to end the war
coldkeyes 5 months ago
I just prefer on president over the other, I don't care about skin color at all, skin color is not important
coldkeyes 5 months ago
@coldkeyes President Truman would have respected President Obama.
oldcremona 4 months ago
@coldkeyes i need a time machine to bring henry wallace to the future
httm241 3 weeks ago
I hope this son of a bitch burn in hell all eternity
paygi110709 1 year ago
@paygi110709 Your mother are bitch. Idiot
adamles5 1 year ago
Mi mon is a lady, and Im sure your mon to...
Anyway, this Truman is murder and a genogide, the hell is the place for this people.
paygi110709 1 year ago
Truman was the worst fool this country ever had. For 4 golden years only we had the Bomb; for 8 years after only we could strike a distant target. Truman wasted this time and let Russia catch up. If we had used it right away there would have been no Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev or Mao and we wouldn't have a single enemy today. 500 years from now Truman will be a swear word like Benedict Arnold, Quisling and Judas; it will mean cowardice and stupidity and will start fights in schools and bars.
72gisele 1 year ago
@72gisele That is quite possibly the most stupid comment I have ever read. WHy didn't Ike use it after him? We still had the only H-bomb in the world at that point, the Russians only had the A-bomb at this point. How are China, and Russia our enemies now? Why would we have wanted to wipe them out as they have not done anything to us? We obviously came out ahead politically and economically. People like you should be fixed so you can't procreate and spread your stupidity!
wahbal76 1 year ago
@72gisele I suppose then your argument is that we could have saved the world by destroying most of it and its people;
TrumanBarkley 1 year ago
@amper314 Fuck you too, Fuck you too, Fuck you too
Rexanify 1 year ago
@amper314 f*** urself
techlover2213 1 year ago
We don't have parades like that anymore. We bacame apathetic, complacent, even disrespectful of our own military power and civil virtue. We became more concerned with luxury and laxness of life than with the discipline of citizenship. Let us come together now by choice, lest we wait until the full assault of future war or crisis awakens us without choice.
JoshuaH688 1 year ago
yeh harry truman! that was a cool president... not like obama or bush...
greets from germany
Tenpenny1506 1 year ago
Harry Truman would be crucified by todays Republican Party. He and Ike would cringe if they could see what's happened to their party.
XOkie 1 year ago
@XOkie Truman was a democrat...
spiderwebs7215 1 year ago
@XOkie He was a democrat genius. Remember when FDR died his VP (a Democrat) took his place. Go back to school dip shit!
wahbal76 1 year ago
Upload George Washington's Inauguration!
dxjohncenacaz 1 year ago
Give em HELL Harry! Harry was the 33rd President of the United States. The announcer
was under the influence of a control substance!
KingPuddinsdaddy001 1 year ago
Best President ever. Strong, principled, moral, standing strong against corruption, and let's not forget that he blew the living shizznit out of japan.
ehiggin 1 year ago 9
And i was there ,, 22nd Marines from Quantico
wwnixon 1 year ago
The World Wide Radio??? Hey I want that where did that technology go?
springlake04 1 year ago
A true American hero.
BEdwardo25 1 year ago
I'm a Republican but LOVE Truman. He was a no-nosense leader, and wasn't afraid to stand up for what he believed in. That is what we need in a leader, regardless of his party. I am a Republican because I believe in many of the things they do. I look for a candidate who honors the constitution and the individual principles on which this country was founded on. That is why I like Truman and Ike. Kennedy and Nixon Ford and Reagan - They believed in the individual rights of the people.
SavageArmsMan 1 year ago 6
@SavageArmsMan I'm a Democrat, but sometimes I lean Independent. Anyway, I respect Republicans like you, who don't smear a President simply because he's from the 'other' party. You vote for a candidate who you believe will benefit our country, instead of voting for a guy simply because he represents your party. I'm the same way, I will vote for a member of any party that I feel is the best choice at the time.
SexSteakSoda 1 year ago
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General Yeager's dad met Truman once at a dinner party. He refused to shake Truman's hand because apparently even then 'the only good Democrat had yet to be born'
DeathlyReaper217 1 year ago
lol truman is gonna be burning in atomic hell
Mohsin77 1 year ago
Grover Cleveland was elected twice in two non-consecutive terms. Therefore he is usually counted as two Presidents. Thus Truman is counted as 33rd, but was actually the 32nd person to be President.
yellowhills 1 year ago
Wow. The Democrats used to be supportable! What happened?
grangeender1 1 year ago
@grangeender1 Truman hated Republicans, thought most of them were crooks, and routinely called them out for it in his speeches, and had no tolerance whatsoever for graft and corrpution. The Democratic party needs to do more research about him. He'd be disgusted with some of their pansy behavior since LBJ. I like Clinton, but even he made himself a centrist after failing in the promotion of some of the liberal tenets that he felt were a mandate by the voting out of GHWB.
nonplayerzealot4 1 year ago
when democrats had balls, before the '50's infection with frankurt school new left relativism (or was it always there?)
exrock712 1 year ago
Tell it like it is Harry! "That false philosophy is Communism!" No fluff with this guy!
historyeducator 1 year ago
love the tophats
howlingmule 1 year ago
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David McCullough's rewriting of history won't save the reputation of this horrible, despotic little bitch of a man, imperialistic warmonger, creator of Israel and doom.
billyguns2 1 year ago
I think part of this speech was edited out...
yssuts 2 years ago
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9/11 "Masterminds" George Bush Sr. and Robert Gates.
WTCnucleardemolition 2 years ago
how tragic. in 60 years we've gone from harry truman to .......
pachbagheri 2 years ago
Canibus - The Grand Deception
lowsonoma21 2 years ago
Yeah he was president from 1945-1953
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Lorenzoxavier 2 years ago
uno de los criminales de guerra mas grandes de la historia, pues solo a una mente criminal y maquiabelica ,se le podia haber ocurrido, lanzar 2 bonbas atomicas, sobre 2 ciudades, llena de gente inocente, los libros de historia deberian darle el lugar que le corresponde a este maldito, como lo que es un criminal de guerra, este ´´sr´´ no derrumbo 2 torres, desaparecio 2 ciudades, esa es la verdad, que debe escribirse, en la historia.
jairorbb 2 years ago
Shut the fuck up, Spic. You have nothing to say about WWII.
pakizarish 2 years ago
wow, I like the hats..people had style back then...
Iltbsm 2 years ago
A great President--COURAGE, COURAGE, COURAGE!...
That was H.T. to a tee!...
Whether it was fighting w/ republicand or battling far-left Democrats...he had the will and the character to see it all through.
A great man...!
km2711 2 years ago
Man!!! Just listen to the commentary run down in the background and compare it to the crap and incompetence on today's media.
leston4life 2 years ago
A great leader. Now compare this man to the pandering frauds Clintoon and Obama...empty men, with empty speeches who resemble Grade Z sit com actors.
ehunter2 2 years ago
Good stuff Harry; we need leaders with real BALLS not sissies like Obama
jim4glory 2 years ago
One of the thing you don't realize is that Obama is still a black man and has to tread carefully. Even without belligerence, he's being perceived as arrogant by many whites, including you. So, he's not using belligerence, rather, he's using soft power--wisdom.
leston4life 2 years ago 2
Leston , this is not about black or white. why is it dat everytime someone points out Obama's flaws ur quick to run and hide under the rock of racism. when a black basketballer fails to make a shot, is it racism or poor performance:.. All the worlds great leaders made tuff decisons, they dint hide their spaghettis spines by so called soft power wisdom. How come Ahmadinejad isnt in bed with Obama already? so much for soft power!
jim4glory 2 years ago 2
Truman will forever be known as "THe Badass". Now and forever, GIVE 'EM HELL HARRY!!!!!!!!
TheKevinWalker 2 years ago
its interesting how Truman differentiates the US against communisim/ totalitarianism and shows a backbone in justifying democracy. How refreshing. Obama , on the other hand, apologizes for US beligerence and tells third world dictators they have an equal say. Obama is a fraud with a supect character.
uhliuhli 2 years ago
It was a diffirent time period then.
Right then the United States played a huge role in defeating Nazi Germany and saving the world from the tyranny of Facism.
Fast forward 60 years, the United States has been involved in the backing of many military dictators that have caused the suffering of millions and has invaded many countries (notably Vietnam and Iraq among others), mistakes have been made. Other then Hiroshima, there was nothing "regrettable" done, therefore nothing to apologize for.
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JeffreyJayFisher 2 years ago
genocide
xaviqaz 2 years ago
Read David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize winning "Truman".
Might change your viewpoint on the man.
fatassedpony 2 years ago
Harry S Truman was a great president.
fatassedpony 2 years ago 4
I'm afraid not. He wasn't as disastrous as Woodrow Wilson, but thank heaven Eisenhower succeeded one of the most unpopular presidents in our history.
billyguns2 2 years ago
You appear to know little about American history or of the significance of the decisions made by President Truman during his administration. He understood America and it's founding principles. I agree with Lee Iacocca when he wrote in his book, "Where Have all the Leaders Gone?" every American should thank Harry Truman for having saved the world.
dcymore 2 years ago
You must be a real uptight Republican then
starfoxjr6976711 2 years ago
Eisenhower and Taft Republicans bore no resemblance to the uptight crazies who now control the Republican Party; today's crazy Democrats bear no resemblance to Democrats in Truman's time, either. The USA has gone to hell.
billyguns2 2 years ago 2
Oh ok
starfoxjr6976711 2 years ago
Yeah, I can't decide as my favorite President between him and Lyndon B. Johnson, Truman made a wise, yet huge, decision to drop that bomb to end WWII.
Did you know that two men tried to assassinate Harry S. Truman? Their names are Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo and they are lucky to not have gotten their asses capped like Leon F. Czolgosz did.
starfoxjr6976711 2 years ago
Great post, starfox. I too have a hard time deciding between Lyndon and Harry, but I applaud both of them for their feisty, strong handed ways.
Leon's last words were supposedly, "Flippa de swtch, I NO CARE!" (bzzzzz bbzzzzzzz zzzzzz...)
pakizarish 2 years ago
@fatassedpony I agree he was also a great piano player too
coldkeyes 1 year ago
I was wrong on his birthdate. It's May 8th, I must have had the day mixed up. But he was born May 8, 1884. I have no idea WHERE you got 1881 from.
MIKESOWELL 2 years ago
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davleuv 2 years ago
You Dumb ASS fdr died from age and disase not killed by a wepon.
biteme2999 2 years ago
The Greatest President of the 20th Century. He is my third favorite president.
TylerHinds 2 years ago
Like we give one turd of one shit what your list of favorite presidents is...
BarristerBoner 2 years ago
Sorry. I will leave you alone.
TylerHinds 2 years ago
Today is Harry's 125th Birthday!
MIKESOWELL 2 years ago
Better check that math again. Truman was born in 1881.
BarristerBoner 2 years ago
Yeah, I stand corrected. I don't know why I thought it was 1881. I have egg on my computer now.
BarristerBoner 2 years ago
Truman is such a classy individual.
Any man would be honored to call him friend brother or father .
Fo0dStamps 2 years ago
Harry Truman was truly ahead of his time. His support for health care and civil rights before popular support for those issues was common killed any chance of re-election in 1952. (He was the last president who could theoretically be elected to a third term).
One wonders what he would have thought of the progress since.
toddsmitts 2 years ago
Harry Truman a very decent human being with no false pretenses. He was the last President that did not have a college education. Even though he used terms like 'nigra', he rose above that and risked his Presidency to apply the priciple of equal jusitce for all by standing up to segregationist. His decision to desegregate the military through executive order , even though waterd down was heroic and caused Sen. Strom Thurmond to run against him as a Dixiecrat. His judical appts were second rate.
bikr0 2 years ago
Three Cheers for Harry, America and St..........?
If HST were alive he would have dozens of these clowns we have today in office today in front of a firing squad on the fourth of July. I will be trying to raise Harry from the dead later today. I dion't think I will succeed (Truman's wife may object) but those who beleive in "sic semper tyrannus" wish me luck!
neil5568 2 years ago
Any fucking idiot who thinks Truman did the wrong thing in Asia, Korea, or Japan, should burn in hell.
SwellPainGiver 2 years ago 7
2:38 32nd president? Truman was the 33rd president, not the 32nd.
puttputtking 2 years ago 16
Yes, but Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms. To-day, we tend to acknowledge him as both the 22nd and the 24th President. But then, there was always a discrepancy; if one views the New York Times from the day after Kennedy's inagural, he can see a small subtitle that reads (and I paraphrase): "Kennedy is either 34th or 35th President depending on system used."
Obliteratornugget 2 years ago 2
@puttputtking Interesting! It depends on whether you count Grover Cleveland once or twice. Because he served two separate terms, the custom has been to count him twice. If you do that, Truman is 33rd president; if you don't then every president since Cleveland goes down one in number. And Obama would be the 43rd, not the 44th.
mc0558 1 year ago
@puttputtking well, he would be the 32nd if you count Cleveland's two nonconsecutive terms as one, but yes, you're right
kavadidle 1 year ago
@puttputtking In those days some argued that Stephen Grover Cleveland who served two non consecutive terms as President was the 22 president, instead of being the 22 as well as the 24th President.
Popperite 1 year ago
@puttputtking He was technically the 32nd person so serve as President in light of the fact that Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and was therefore both the 22nd and 24th President. That might be why Truman is referred to here as the 32nd President. However, you're right that he is still generally considered the 33rd President.
jazzy1260 1 year ago 2
@puttputtking They didn't count Grover Cleveland's two, non-consecutive terms as different presidencies until after this was filmed.
ifhgsfj 1 year ago 2
@puttputtking Truman was the 32nd man to serve as president because Grover Cleveland served two inconsecutive terms. So technically he was the 32nd president.
historyeducator 1 year ago
@puttputtking The confusion results from the fact that Grover Cleveland served non-consecutive terms, 1885 to 1889 and 1893-1897. Eventually, it was decided that Cleveland would be counted as the 22nd President and as the 24th President. Under that numbering system, Truman is the 33rd President, but only the 32nd person to actually hold the office, since Cleveland is being counted twice.
mindspring57 1 year ago
Wow. Nothing about Obama's parents in the comment section. I'm shocked
c50evans 2 years ago
Truman and his masons wanted to create a frozen conflict where both parties would stuggle to arm themself all the time,making rich only the arm-dealers (masons)and world bankers that financed both comunists and western party
sorin1918 2 years ago
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Truman was a lunatic that incuraged only a cold war in Asia...in Coreea performed a dezaster of the american interest by promoting a stupid politic of "limited interference"..i mean,come on..he asurred the chinese that no american will hit their launch area and provisiones camp,put a blockade to the taiwanese that offered to help,stoped MacArthur from bombing the bridges between china and north coreea and finaly asked MacArthur to resign ,afraid that this brave general could win the war ..
sorin1918 2 years ago
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That election was rigged.
ItsBuzzkill 2 years ago
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If there is a hell, Truman's burning in it.
NinetiesYouth 2 years ago
im pretty sure he meant all white men r equal
lol...
jk im not hating
trooman ftw
Drifblimz 2 years ago
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he means all white men are created equal right?
flopdanuts23 2 years ago
No, he means all MEN are created equal.
esb84 2 years ago 12
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War is Hell, deaths of millions of innocent civilians? then why did they start the war!
ImperialGrenadier 2 years ago
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ImperialGrenadier 2 years ago
or a more destructive weapon
ImperialGrenadier 2 years ago
Japan would never surrender unless an atomic bomb is dropped.
ImperialGrenadier 2 years ago 8
And it doesn't do anything for the relatives of those americans who dies in the Baatan death march, or in the Japanese POW camps, I guess. There was NOTHING good about this war, but I assure you Japan intended to destroy us. Fortunately, we destroyed them first. War sux, but that's just the truth.
GaTopBear01 2 years ago 2
And as far as Truman being "a monster"...I think the policies he put in place after the war for building up and supporting Japan and Germany and rebuilding them says quite a lot. We could certainly have treated them much more harshly than we did, and the public sentiment at the time certainly was't "conciliatory" but he stood up against it. We certainly treated them better than we would have gotten had the outcome been different and we had lost the war.
GaTopBear01 2 years ago 2
In the contrary, Quick; I don't like the atom bomb either, but it certainly ended the war. Besides which, the Japanese (at the time) were absolutely ruthless, and if the results had been different and THEY had won, they would certainly not have helped us afterward as we did them. And they would not have hesitated a spit second to drop one on us. The times were much different then, and Truman was interested in saving AMERICAN lives. I agree with his decision.
GaTopBear01 2 years ago
Quick, you're full of it. The only way that the United States could have pressured Japan into surrender without the atomic bomb would have been to invade Japan (a plan which was already under way), and which would have cost hundreds of thousands more american lives. As President, Truman had NO other choice.
GaTopBear01 2 years ago 2
The end does not always justify the means, especially in this case. There is no excuse to drop atomic weapons on innocent civilians and Truman would have done just fine pressuring Japan into surrender without nuclear weapons.
QuikquikMcSliq 2 years ago 2
While at the same time having alot more American lives lost. Had there been an invasion, more Japanese citizens would have been killed, and the outcome more heartbreaking. I agree that the bomb is more terrifying, but at the time, it was nesscessary.
CaptainDesiderio 2 years ago 3
But he saved Japan from communist rule.
ImperialGrenadier 2 years ago
I'd say Harry Truman's one of the worst U.S. presidents. He dropped two atomic bombs on two different cities with lots of innocent civilians (including women and children) and contaminated those areas with radiation that would permeate for centuries to come. And after that, I'm surprised we still have Nuclear weapons. They're supposed to be there to keep us safe but I don't feel any safer with those things in our arsenals and we're no better than the 3rd Reich for ever using them.
QuikquikMcSliq 2 years ago
I agree with you there
moorm2008 2 years ago
You haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about. Truman saved MILLIONS of lives (American and Japanese) by dropping the bomb. If we didn't drop the bomb, we would've launched an all-out invasion of Japan, and completely levelled the country. True that brought us into the Nuclear era, but we haven't had another world war yet, have we? They do keep us safe because after Hiroshima and Nagasaki mankind is afraid to use them again, and hopefully we never do.
esb84 2 years ago
How can you tell that he would have saved millions more lives anyway? The United States could have driven Japan into surrender without nuclear weapons. Your argument gives no excuse for Truman's use of the A-Bombs: there is no rationale for using such devastating weapons, using the atomic bombs had made Truman just as much of a monster as Heinrich Himmler, Hitler, and Tojo.
QuikquikMcSliq 2 years ago
You obviously don't know anything about history, because even after we dropped the first bomb the Japaneses showed no signs or actions of surrender. Their government was prepared to destroy the entire country rather than surrender, just like Germany. You sound like an ignoramus and a simpleton comparing Harry Truman to Hitler. Truman saved the world from going communist and kept millions of people free. Crack open a book, then come talk to me
esb84 2 years ago
I went to school and for over a decade of History classes, I learned my fair share of WWII history and I still say that there is NEVER any excuse to use an Atomic weapon. Nobody, no matter how unscrupulous they are, deserves to have an atomic bomb drop on them and have the land around them contaminated with radiation.
QuikquikMcSliq 2 years ago
Nice arm-chair heinseight, except at the time the affects of radiation and the long-term consequences weren't yet known. If they were we would have never detonated the experimental bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It has nothing to do with "unscrupulous", it was done to end the most destructive war ever. Do you think the Germays and Japan wouldn't have used it against us? Besides, for 69 peril-filled years, the nuke has kept the world from having another war because everyone is afraid to use it.
esb84 2 years ago
Speaking of Germans, did you know they were defeated before the Atom bombs fell? That little tidbit drove Japan further into surrender without nuclear weapons. And yeah, I'm sure the axis powers would have used the atomic bombs against us, but if we too retaliated with a nuclear strike we would have been no better than they were.
And no, the nuke did not keep us safe especially when you consider the Bay of Pigs incident.
QuikquikMcSliq 2 years ago
This is insane. Yeah Germany was defeated prior to that, but that doesn't mean the Japanese were gonna just roll over and give up. The estimates for American losses in a Japanese invasion were (at the time!) 250,000-500,00, and the war extending into summer/fall of 1946. My Dad and Uncle were two of those who were scheduled to be headed to Japan for that invasion. Say what you want; The decision ended the war and saved hundreds of thousands of American lives.
GaTopBear01 2 years ago 2
I don't mean to offend you, but that really does not justify the deaths of millions of innocent civilians And it certainly does not amuse people who had friends and relatives who died in the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
QuikquikMcSliq 2 years ago
Of course I know that, Germany surreneder in May '45. And what are you talking about "that tiny little tidbit caused them to surrender"!? JAPAN SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SURRENDER!! Their fascistic government was prepared to kill every civilian in combat before we dropped the bomb. We survived Bay of Pigs with no fighting. I don't know where you went to school, but maybe you should go back. Or maybe you just fell asleep in history class, because your lack of knowledge is astounding.
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