Monday, July 6, 2009

Robert McNamara died.

May he rot in hell.

Posted by Kingfish at 9:32 PM

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

'Fish, couldn't you express this thought in a different way? Pretty strong language - affects credibility.

July 7, 2009 1:31 PM
Anonymous said...

That Fish is a shy, retiring little fella, isn't he?

July 7, 2009 1:38 PM
Anonymous said...

objectionable !

maybe you should change your handle to littlefish

July 7, 2009 1:53 PM
Kingfish said...

I can think of 50,000 reasons not to change the post not to mention a legacy of micromanaging a war, an arrogant attitude created by his idiotic stubborness, and the later admission he knew what he was doing was wrong but his ego demanded that 50,000 kids die instead of taking some reponsibility.

July 7, 2009 2:11 PM
Anonymous said...

I think its a little more complicated... egoismn or stubborness might be a character flaw but he was appointed and confirmed for reasons that address his patriotism and abilities.

anyway,,, not too interesting of a subject but how bout something
about Air McNair?

July 7, 2009 2:57 PM
Anonymous said...

[In Robert McNamara's #1 bestseller In Retrospect, he] writes, "We of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations who participated in the decisions on Vietnam acted according to what we thought were the principles and traditions of this nation. We made our decisions in light of those values. Yet we were wrong, terribly wrong. We owe it to future generations to explain why. I truly believe that we made an error not of values and intentions, but of judgment and capabilities."

I think he thought he could bring the communists to their knees by escalating the war and frame the world with US dominance.

July 7, 2009 3:15 PM
Anonymous said...

I say everyone is entitled to a bit of forgiveness, especially when they realize their errors.

July 7, 2009 3:32 PM
Anonymous said...

I think it was Charley Reece who famously said a few years ago that "if there is a just God, McNamara will find out what a 'free fire zone' really is."

But I forgive him. And it doesn't really matter, because there isn't an afterlife anyway. Justice is something we have to create for ourselves.

July 7, 2009 4:45 PM
Kingfish said...

What McNamara did had nothing to do with principles or traditions. It had everything to do with the attitude of we are the best and brightest from the Ivy League, we know better than you do, and we will run this war from the ivory tower because everything can be solved by ad prac at Harvard. If something doesn't work, its the fault of the people ont he ground, not ours.

July 7, 2009 6:16 PM
Anonymous said...

'Fish, the man knew he was wrong. If you are perfect, you can condemn. If not, give the dead some peace.

July 7, 2009 6:37 PM
Anonymous said...

Just because someone dies doesn't mean you have to change your opinion of them. Why shroud your opinion with words that don't reflect what you really feel?

Show repect for the dead? If you did not respect them while they were living, why the demand that you respect them postmortem?

“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” Clarence Darrow

July 8, 2009 8:11 AM
Anonymous said...

Silence is golden. No need to say ANYTHING.

July 8, 2009 8:34 AM
Anonymous said...

Are you saying that we should let ONE'S LIFE SPEAK for itself? That no one should SPEAK ill of the dead?

If so, in many cases there is not necessarily any golden silence in that. It sounds more like PC to me.

For instance, is it acceptable for folks to lavish only praise and adoration for someone like Michael Jackson while others who were appalled by his life are condemned to silence?

Should only praise be allowed?
I don't think so, but that is my opinion and you have yours.

July 8, 2009 9:21 AM

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