Thursday, November 8, 2007

Fog of War

I actually would of enjoyed watching Fog of War first, then Path to War. The reason I enjoyed Fog of War was because of the insights it gave me of McNamara's work in the Kennedy and Johnson administration and how the decisions made by our government led to a deeper engagement in Vietnam. McNamara breaks down everything and gives us a better understanding as to how certain political figures saw the war and their opinions on winning it and what he thought as an advisor. I also enjoyed the detailed background that was given. It gave me a better understanding...just seeing where he came from. Another thing I enjoyed was that he spoke of "conventional wisdom," us learning from our mistakes. He spoke about our situation now a days...I might not have all the inside information of what's going on...but it seems like we haven't learned much from our past mistakes...hopefully this doesn't come down to haunt us in the future...

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