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Tuesday, July 7, 2009 12:00 AM

All sides blame McNamara for Vietnam

People for and against the war agree on one thing only: It was Robert McNamara's fault

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  • Monday, July 6, 2009 07:59 PM

    Right, Left, Centre, Everyone Hates the loser when he loses...

    He did his best but unfortunately, American foreign policy isn't to be run like a large corporation. If his name were Kennedy we would judge him a hero instead of a heel. He no more made the war machine more evil than Speer did for the Germans or any number of the invisible Soviet autocrats during WW II. At least he had the soul to come clean about his part in what we did, moreso than any of our erstwhile foes or allies. I think he can rest.

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