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ALL HAIL LORD SPRONKUS!!!
"Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." - Dwight D. Eisenhower 1945
The image is a black and white photo of a large pile of human skulls and bones in front of a barbed-wire fence.
Isn't he also the one that was responsible for overthrowing the democratic governments of a lot of countries he thought were too communist?
100%. Truman started the Cold War, and Eisenhower was the first Cold Warrior. Most notably he is the one who rejected the peace deal signed between the French and the Vietnamese communists, setting the stage for the Vietnam War. The Iranian prime minister was overthrown in favor of the Shah on his watch too.
Plus the overthrowing of democratic governments in Latin America so that US-based fruit companies could profit. Hence: Banana Republic.