He faced a moral dilemma in which he believed that using federal troops against U.S. citizens was unjust. The president, in this situation, was justified to use force from the highest level. The severity and significant meaning that this crisis brought to the table more than invited the U.S. Army to come and intervene. If he allowed for the protests to continue, rampant, violent demonstrations would follow and nothing but distaste would be on the local’s minds. By stopping them, with the help of neutral, trained U.S. troops, Eisenhower comes off as the hero for showing confidence and constitutional accountability. He strived to appease the general majority of the public but failed to please many of the locals, including Governor
He faced a moral dilemma in which he believed that using federal troops against U.S. citizens was unjust. The president, in this situation, was justified to use force from the highest level. The severity and significant meaning that this crisis brought to the table more than invited the U.S. Army to come and intervene. If he allowed for the protests to continue, rampant, violent demonstrations would follow and nothing but distaste would be on the local’s minds. By stopping them, with the help of neutral, trained U.S. troops, Eisenhower comes off as the hero for showing confidence and constitutional accountability. He strived to appease the general majority of the public but failed to please many of the locals, including Governor