I could pick out a few good Eisenhower quotes myself if I wanted to, but we'll leave that be. Cherry-picking doesn't prove anything either way.

In 1955 Eisenhower had his opportunity to wage preemptive war against Communist China after China invaded some islands near Taiwan (Formosa). Congress gave Eisenhower approval to attack China at the time and place of his choosing. Instead of attacking, Eisenhower sent his ambassador, John Foster Dulles, to Europe to gain support for a war; but Churchill refused, and so did NATO. If we went it alone, Pentagon officials assured Eisenhower that we could destroy China’s military capability within three weeks.

So, what did Eisenhower do? Did he bribe together a “coalition of the willing”, start handing out no-bid contracts, and mobilize the military? No, Eisenhower called together his top advisors and told them to find a diplomatic solution—which they did. There was no war.

China conducted its first atomic test in 1964. Between 1954 and the late 1980s, the totalitarian government of China murdered about 27 million of its own citizens. I guess we have yet to see how this all turns out.

No law says our President has to have been in the military, but such service would certainly make a better President. It would give (him) the perspective that is so lacking in the current flock of Chicken Hawks that are misusing our troops in their ill-conceived plan for world domination.

Did you vote for Clinton or the WWII war hero in the 1996 elections? Just wondering.

The term "Chickenhawk" sat on the shelf quietly for eight years while Clinton deployed military attacks all over the world.