Sadly, Robert Mcnamara (former US Defense Secretary) has died. I always liked him. To be fair I was not alive during the Vietnam war so my initial impression of him was formed from the movie "The Fog of War" (a film I plan to re-watch tonight)- a movie that paints him in a vastly different manner than the way he is usually understood. Still it seems to me that he was a man of two undeniable strengths: he seemed to have the best interest of the nation at heart (he left the presidency of the Ford motor company to work for the government) and he was willing to try to learn from his mistakes.
Also, everyone should see The Fog of War.
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