RIP Robert Mcnamara

**VictorCharlie** · 07-07-2009 11:35 AM

Lyle, have you read "Best and Brightest" by Halberstram? Gives all the behind the scenes action of Kennedy's and Johnson's administration during the buildup and execution of Vietnam. Anyway the guy was a wiz at statistical analysis but couldn't seem to grasp that defeating an indigenous insurgency couldn't be quantified by numbers. Brilliant man but had no business running our military. I hope that someday Rumsfeld can own up to his mistakes and the utter waste they cost us.

**CFH** · 07-07-2009 02:30 PM

Has anyone ever seen The Fog of War documentary?

**VictorCharlie** · 07-07-2009 03:00 PM

Sounds familiar, but no sure...probably not then

**CFH** · 07-07-2009 03:12 PM

It's about Mcnamara and the Vietnam War. It's very interesting, I saw it years ago but if I remember correctly the whole thing is basically a very candid interview with him.

El Kabong · 07-08-2009 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by VanChilds

Lyle, have you read "Best and Brightest" by Halberstram? Gives all the behind the scenes action of Kennedy's and Johnson's administration during the buildup and execution of Vietnam. Anyway the guy was a wiz at statistical analysis but couldn't seem to grasp that defeating an indigenous insurgency couldn't be quantified by numbers. Brilliant man but had no business running our military. I hope that someday Rumsfeld can own up to his mistakes and the utter waste they cost us.

Kennedy's short time as President was disasterous, not only did he evenutally cap it off by getting shot and leaving LBJ in power, the WORST President ever!

Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missle Crisis, Vietnam....just one horrible event after another