Comment Re:Like Robert McNamara (Score 1) 274
Robert McNamara was in a documentary a few years a back, expressing his regret over the Vietnam strategy he implemented...
In case anyone is curious, the title of the documentary is "The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara." I'm too young to have lived during the Vietnam war, but I found the documentary to be fascinating not only from a historical standpoint but also from watching McNamara himself. He's obviously struggling with what he's done during his life and this documentary is part historical, part confession, and part attempted justification for what he did. The film has a very personal feel to it since they shot the movie with the interviewer's face on a screen and camera right behind it. It does feel like he is talking to you personally in the camera.
Also, even though the movie was released in 2003, it was shot just before September 11th, 2001. McNamara makes some interesting comments about US and warfare. Basically he stated that if we act unilaterally and cannot convince our closest allies to join us, then we need to consider very carefully just what we have become.
It's an interesting film that is worth watching. You don't have to agree with him for it to still be enlightening.
---Alex