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Originally Posted by silent_jay
Mr. McNamara passed away this morning at the age of 93, he was the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of Defense. I must say I had a great deal of respect for the man, he was one of the few people who admitted he made mistakes and seemed to be generally bothered by them all these years, RIP Mr. Secretary.
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you said it well, jay...
see the quote in my sig...
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.
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