We've taken yet another perspective of the war, and this time it's the politician's view - more specifically, LBJ and McNamara. Both movies show really how complex the war was and we can never really understand all aspects of the war to its fullest extent.
What stuck out the most to me was in Path to War how there were multiple occassions when LBJ could've pulled out of the war but he didn't. It took him awhile to realize that his actions were not getting anywhere in terms of winning the war. Instead, more lives were killed, time was wasted, and a lot of money was spent. Whats even more disappointing is, here we are 30 years later and we're still making the same mistake by going to war with Iraq.
The movie portrayed LBJ in a way that was asking for sympathy. We see him frustrated and wishing life was the way it was before he was president. We get to see just how much chaos really goes on in the white house.
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