Should Eisenhower Be Praised for His Foreign Policies? Eisenhower came into power at a time when American people were exasperated with Soviet relations and his fresh ideas seemed like a welcome change. Eisenhower should be praised for his initial ideas and policies. However, his one character flaw was that he could not back these policies up. And under the guidance of John Foster Dulles his original plans became altered to completely opposite ideals and under the pressure of foreign relations he became helpless. Eisenhower gained popularity through setting his goal to go to Korea and find a way to end conflict. His peaceful means of using