Strange
2009-07-08 - by
Ironic news juxtaposition: Monday was the deadliest day in a year for America military forces in Afghanistan
When McNamara became president of Ford and then JFK’s Secretary of Defense in rapid succession, all Washington
Then Vietnam
For the rest of his life, McNamara was torn by guilt and remorse. And America
When American warships exchanged fire with North Vietnamese boats in the Gulf of Tonkin
Also later, McNamara said the intelligence underestimated the will of the North Vietnamese to outlast us, no matter how long or how many lives it took.
There are many parallels between JFK and Obama. Obama is the first Senator since Kennedy to be President. He’s cool and smart. He has surrounded himself with smart people. The best and the brightest, if you will.
If we learn one lesson from McNamara, let’s not get carried away by misguided intelligence about faraway lands.
Strange
2009-07-08/
Ironic news juxtaposition: Monday was the deadliest day in a year for America military forces in Afghanistan
When McNamara became president of Ford and then JFK’s Secretary of Defense in rapid succession, all Washington
Then Vietnam
For the rest of his life, McNamara was torn by guilt and remorse. And America
When American warships exchanged fire with North Vietnamese boats in the Gulf of Tonkin
Also later, McNamara said the intelligence underestimated the will of the North Vietnamese to outlast us, no matter how long or how many lives it took.
There are many parallels between JFK and Obama. Obama is the first Senator since Kennedy to be President. He’s cool and smart. He has surrounded himself with smart people. The best and the brightest, if you will.
If we learn one lesson from McNamara, let’s not get carried away by misguided intelligence about faraway lands.