Vietnam War Architect Robert McNamara Dies at 93

Democracy Now by Howard Zinn, Marilyn Young, onathan Schell, Amy Goodman | Jul. 7, 2009 (News Analysis)
A Look at His Legacy With Howard Zinn, Marilyn Young & Jonathan Schell

(Multimedia) Over half a million Americans went to war on his watch, a war that ultimately killed over 58,000 American soldiers and at least 3 million Vietnamese. ... Less well-known is McNamara’s key involvement in the firebombing of 67 japanese cities shortly before the end of World War II that destroyed 50 to 90 percent of the cities. He described the bombing operations he analyzed under the general Curtis Lemay in a 2003 documentary by Errol Morris, “The Fog ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 7, 2009

Zinn's perspective and retrospective is compelling. The lessons not learned from Viet Nam are revisited. Young's perspective on McNamara's silence is worthy. Schell's personal graphic experiences in Viet Nam are an interesting footnote.

The Fog of War is a compelling story of this complex man excusing his own admitted war crimes. What history will apply to the war criminals of Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan?

Zinn: once you enter the machinery of government, once you enter the House of Empire, you are lost. You are going to be silenced. You may feel anguish and you may be torn and you may weep and so on, but you are not going to speak out.

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