Comments on: Key Architect of Vietnam War, Robert McNamara dead at 93

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:16:46 +0000

# 37 Cursor_ said, “The ONLY two wars we had any business fighting since becoming a nation was 1812 and WWII.”

Basically, this is true.

By: Cursor_

Cursor_ — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:17:48 +0000

Nam, like Korea were two conflicts of MANY that the US made for their own selfish interests. Blaming any one man is worthless. They and all of you around as adults that voted for these idiots are responsible.

The ONLY two wars we had any business fighting since becoming a nation was 1812 and WWII.

Cursor_

By: chris

chris — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:45:47 +0000

Some have mentioned “Fog of War.” Good flick, turns out it is on Google Video in the full version. Worth watching.

There’s one part when he says that if we’d lost WWII he and the US military leaders would have been tried as war criminals.

He also said that he couldn’t remember if he’d signed off on using Agent Orange. This didn’t strike me as believable. The use of defoliants was an issue with anti-war protesters. It’s not like this became an issue later, long after the war. DuPont was the Haliburton of Vietnam. He’d remember.

He put himself up as partially responsible for fire bombing Japanese cities in WWII, but he left the room auspiciously when it came to Agent Orange. Everyone has limits to admitting culpability I guess.

By: wirelessg

wirelessg — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:28:15 +0000

#34 There isn’t.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_disasters_by_death_toll

By: homehive

homehive — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:19:22 +0000

If there were a God, Robert McNamara would be in big trouble now.

By: jreb

jreb — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:43:34 +0000

Hey, McNamera was a good LIBERAL, a “do gooder” who only managed to preside over the murder of 58,000 Americans…hardly in FDR’s or Wilson’s league, but, hey, the Democrats will take what they can get.

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:26:56 +0000

I liked Billy Mays better.

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:42:30 +0000

While we can’t blame all the mistakes of Vietnam on Robert McNamara, his incompetent micromanagement is clearly the cause of a tremendous amount those mistakes. So many lives…

By: amodedoma

amodedoma — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:48:05 +0000

Back in the day the commies were the enemy. Now it’s the terrorists. So who’s next? I’m sure they already know who our next enemy’s going to be. Screw ‘em, screw all the hawks that want to convince the people they’re fighting to defend the american way of life. All they’re defending is the profit margin of the military industrial complex.
http://militaryindustrialcomplex.com/

By: Named

Named — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:42:56 +0000

27 ethanol

You gotta show your loyalty…

By: ethanol

ethanol — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:38:56 +0000

What is with these warmongers heading to the World Bank, post war starting?!?! First McNamara and then Wolfowitz…

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:28:22 +0000

#25 I agree.

By: Named

Named — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:25:35 +0000

24, Paddy-O,

American elections are a pathetic rendition of American Idol… without the public interest.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:20:40 +0000

# 23 Named said, “22 Paddy-O So did Bush.”

Yep, that’s why it is amazing that idiots would vote for another coke head as CIC.

By: Named

Named — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:13:13 +0000

22 Paddy-O

So did Bush.

Forward he cried from the rear
and the front rank died.
And the general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side.