I think Ike is a complex case. IMHO controlled by intel agencies during early years (John Foster Dulles wrote many of his foreign policy speeches according to one Ike biographer). In addition, he played a hidden, but key role in taking down Sen McCarthy ( kicking commy ass is always ok by me, and McCarthy was great at this). I think by the end if his time as President though, he saw the trap, and warned people with his "military industrial complex" speech.