Charlie Rose - An Appreciation of Robert McNamara

An appreciation of Robert McNamara, former United States Secretary of Defense. McNamara died in his sleep at his home in Washington early in the morning on July 6, 2009. He was 93.


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[Ratzaroony]

McNamara was a true American hero. He may be hated by many because he was Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, but it takes a very brave man to stand up and list all of the mistakes he made so that others won't make them in the future

[bamboozlewatch]

The Errol Morris documentary 'Fog Of War' featuring Robert McNamara is a fascinating look at the man whose decison-making influenced the Cuban Missle Crisis, the Vietnam War, and many other conflicts. One of my favorite docs. Great soundtrack, visuals, and a riveting look at what how McNamara's beliefs have changed over the past few decades. Read the reviews on Amazon and buy or rent a copy. I highly recommend it!

[lokalllize]

He killed zombies in black ops the dudes hard core

[jescarpita7180]

McNamara gets alot of crap for some of the dumb political/military decisions made in Vietnam when it was really the hunk of shit LBJ who mismanaged it.

[johnsammyanfal]

McNamara was a squalid little man. He always reminded me of the Jack Lemmon character in the movie ‘The Apartment’. He turned collusion with his superior into a perverse virtue; giving them everything except his better judgement. And then in the twilight of his career we get this maudlin death bed confession; ‘We were wrong all along’ .The worm eventually turned only to remind everyone that he was truly a worm all along.

[1337gam3r07]

It saddens me that this interview with this great man has only been viewed about 8,000 times.

[DANNYBARE2]

@lanser87 in a way you could go back further and blame eisenhower for the vietnam war.

[R3APERRANGER]

Its easy to critisize this man from our present day FOV, however at the time, he was having to make some of the hardest desicisions imaginable, and he was doing so to combat the impending threat to the free western world. He was a hero.

[HonestObserver]

Aw, he wasn't so bad. McNamara was the one who convinced Johnson to create FOXHOUND after the Boss died in Operation Snake Eater.

[lalulofi]

On October 2nd 1979, Robert McNamara (President of the World Bank) addressed a group of international bankers thus: "We can begin with the most critical problem of all, population growth"..concluding that "..either the current birth rates must come down more quickly, or the death rates must go up...There are, of course, many ways in which the death rates can go up. In a thermonuclear age, we can accomplish it very quickly and decisively"(as indeed they had done in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in1945

[makthnife]

@united1d obviously the war has warped your mind. I support all USA troops, the war, Geo. Bush, and history. You are a product of when things go wrong. Was it the chemicals you were exposed to? Maybe you are just ignorant. Either way making statements such as yours wipes clean any respect you could hope to garnish. I guess Roosevelt was a War Criminal as well. Go live where you fought, youll fit in, prob like it more.