ReThink Interview: Daniel Ellsberg — Why Counterinsurgencies Fail

Daniel Ellsberg describes why counterinsurgencies, which rely on "winning the hearts and minds" of an occupied nation, invariably fail.

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg risked his freedom and his life by leaking a top secret report about the Vietnam war to members of Congress and various news outlets. This report, which became known as the Pentagon Papers, changed the course of history and led to the resignation of Richard Nixon and the end of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg is the subject of a new documentary by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith called "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers."

On September 24, 2009, I had the great honor of interviewing Ellsberg in Los Angeles.

To learn more about "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers", go here http://www.mostdangerousman.org/.

For more ReThink Reviews and other clips from my interview with Ellsberg, go here http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B5DFC2A5707C5EBB

To see ReThink Reviews on the Huffington Post, go here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim.

To follow Daniel Ellberg's blog, go here http://www.ellsberg.net/

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[JasonMelancon]

His remarks here remind me of the Jerry Seinfeld routine that goes: "We'll be dropping some bombs on ya, but we'll be dropping some food on ya too. It's not going to be ALL bombs."

[p34c3th1nk3r]

Daniel ... thanks ... I've concidered you a hero of sorts since I learned about Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers years ago