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Robert S. McNamara dies
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If you really want to see a completely objective, yet terrifying view of a good, smart man caught up in the throes of power and blind to the real costs of war, I strongly urge you to Netflix, Errol Morris' The Fog of War. This is a brilliant doc and you see every side of McNamara.
Thanks again!
He's the BIGGEST reason we lost Vietnam!
"Afghanistan was and still is a war of necessity." Obama's words. This is not about "clean[ing] up the mess GWB has got us in." I believe Earl's point was that Obama has made the war in Afghanistan (which has spilled over into Pakistan) his own. I think it's a fair question: how is Afghanistan different from Vietnam? How are our tactics in Afghanistan different than the Soviets' tactics back in the 80's?
Don't get me wrong, I sincerely hope that violence in Afghanistan will decline soon, and permanently.
There's talk about Obama "cleaning up" after the mess Bush left behind. Yes, Bush messed up Iraq, but Bush also largely cleaned that up himself by finally listening to his generals with the surge. Obama inherited a much quieter, much safer and more stable Iraq when he was sworn in.
My question is: who will clean up after the historically unprecedented debt-ridden mess Obama is leaving us with?
'Its ok with us if you attack Iran.'
WHY?
Obama knows that Afghanistan and Pakistan are not winnable but if Israel attacks Iran it will cause a diversion and finger pointing away from his disaster economy and the deaths of more American troops in Afghanistan.
These leaders are full of Bait and Switch.
I am so glad he did not Die on July the 4th.
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In a March 16, 1961 file photo, U.S. President John F. Kennedy sits in his favorite rocking chair in his office during a meeting with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, at the White House in Washington. Former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara died Monday.
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