Conversations with History: Daniel Ellsberg

[aoknponte]

Finally an honest good man. He or people like him should lead us.

[cookieman38111]

I'm not putting down what he did as far as the amount of good it may have done. It is just that a lot of people act like he is some sort of saint.

[MrDoublehappy]

I am glad this man had an epiphany to reveal what really goes on in the background of a Presidents administration, seems the likelihood, that both the Bush and Obama presidencies are not exempt from this process, is high.

[cookieman38111]

I don't know how many lives he saved. He killed a few in nam while he was with rand. Anyway, he still loves publicity and has never seen a camera he doesn't like. I am not saying he made no contribution but it just seems to be overstated.

[victor256in]

this man may have saved thousands of american lives and maybe millions of more vietnamese ones. His story deserves to be told, what he did forced Nixon to end the war (which he did not believe in despite his 1969 election promise). Unlike the Rosenbergs who may have betrayed their country, he was trying to say his own and perhaps redeem himself.

[cookieman38111]

Please do read the book about him. He is a very troubled man who just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

[bapyou]

What is the date of this interview?

[COM0fAek]

bapyou wrote, "What is the date of this interview?"

Answer: July 29, 1998

[bodnotbod]

I've rated this three stars, so "worth watching". But, streuth, he likes the sound of his own voice does Ellberg. I've watched quite a few of these Conversations With History now and I've never seen the host get so few questions in. I note that there's another Ellsberg video from Authors@Google. But I can't bring myself to watch it because I'm finding Ellsberg a bit annoying.

[patnais102]

Do you realise this person sacrified his carrer to let the people know the truth about what was happening in Vietnam?He should be worshiped, the only public servant I can think of who did something similar is Thomas Tamm.

[maxiscool12321]

this video=National History Day primary source

[intrepidflier]

The zionist control this country wake up america

The zionist play good guy bad guy so you will not question the Jew..with the good Jew, look we are on your side. without being called a antisemite just open your eyes and see the truth. look at all the leaders of high places in this government They are all Jews that for some reason have dual citizenship... Wake up! where do you think their loyalty is for the usa or israel...Wake up they will bring you into Iran

[anne62945]

wake up and do your research! daniel ellsberg is NOT Jewish! as if that should even matter.

[patnais102]

What's wrong with being jewish?A lot of great people are jewish.Zionist are not only jew in fact a large part of the Israel lobby is christian.

[anne62945]

there is absolutely nothing wrong with being jewish; i was responding to the accusatory, semi-antisemitic language/banter of intrepidflier.

[yviva]

he is ethnically jewish, but does not practice the jewish religion. this holds for many jewish people.

[cellsberg]

I know this; I don't understand why people must correlate his work with his background in a negative manner.

[yviva]

well, there are a lot of crazy racists in this world, and youtube seems to be one of their favorite venues. but, not everyone would see his jewish heritage as a negative thing. progressive jews will view him as another jew engaging in progressive activism...

[DAVID3766]

emm ... there is a big difference between zionists and jews ... zionism is a political ideology ... judaism is an ancient religion with a transcendent source - and is an important root of western culture. i invite you to look into it. i like this guy

[yviva]

you are an insane racist.

[cellsberg]

me? i can't tell who's responding to who

[yviva]

no. check out the comment by intrepidflier above. total racist psycho...

[cookieman38111]

Ellsberg was a marine corps Officer and went to Vietnam. He was accused of shooting civilians.

[yviva]

accused? convicted? what is your source?

[cookieman38111]

The book "Wild Man" which is an exhaustive study of him and his problems, personality and others. Such as sex addiction.

[yviva]

i'll look it up and see if it has any validity. however from what is generally known about him, he certainly is a hero.

[cookieman38111]

From what I could gather from the book, he happened to fall into the place in history, the right place at the right time. However, he was plagued by demons such as egotism,sex addiction, drug use, etc. It just all came together at rand and he was able to do something during that time. I don';t consider him a hero but I agree with what he did.

[yviva]

just because something's in a book doesn't mean it's true. i'd have to look into it...

[esvbh4678]

@cookieman38111 I don't know a human that doesn't have some problems even as serious as this, whether or not they reveal these "problems" is a different issue though. Too discredit someone based on personal faults is very faulty.

[inachu]

awsome videos but please noramlize all your videos!!!!! 1 video very quiet and the next one very loud! sick of adjusting my speakers.

[4merCIA]

So when are you guys going to show YOUR integrity?

[197716]

be nice!

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