Rank the presidents since WW2 for foreign policy

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1. Truman - Marshall Plan, United Nations, NATO, not retreating into isolationism as after WWI - some decisions may be controversial, and rightfully so, but it's my best guess that he probably pursued the right course.

2. Eisenhower - Competence, level-headed, eight years of relative peace, good crisis management. Some espionage is troubling but typical of Cold War foreign policy.

3. JFK - Missteps at the beginning but after Cuban Missile Crisis - handled heroically - he was clearly on a path to greatness here.

4. Bush Sr - Very good job at overseeing collapse of USSR, Gulf War handled well.

5. Obama - Remains to be seen but props for cleaning up Dubya's mess.

6. Nixon - Extremely mixed bag; huge accomplishments w/China and detente coupled with horrific expansion of Vietnam War and illegal bombings of Cambodia and Laos.

7. Clinton - Decent, meh, not too much damage.

8. Carter - Comparatively peaceful policy is commendable, largely disorganized however.

9. Ford - Not around long enough to do much.

10. Reagan - Iran-Contra, bloated military budget, Star Wars fiasco and incubating Bin Laden leaves behind a largely negative legacy.

11. LBJ - Disastrous war of imperial vanity in Vietnam, pretty terrible.

12. Bush Jr - Two pointless wars, one fought on bad intelligence, torture, utter destruction of global reputation, a complete disaster.