Quote Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly
Again, you would be subjectively determining whether their actions 'benefitted' America based on a modern moral standard.

judging thier effects on the economy is a mathmatical exercise morals do not come into it., infact with our greater modern expertise we could more accurately judge a president on his economic record. Morals partially come into judging foriegn policy but can be easily removed just stick to factual data rather than opinions of events.
I think we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't think it's possible to evaluate ideas such as benefit without a subjective value judgment entering into the equation.

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