THE FOG OF WAR — ReThink Review
August 52009
Errol Morris’ Oscar-winning documentary, THE FOG OF WAR, is about Robert McNamara — a statistician so smart that he was asked by two presidents to use his smarts at the very highest levels in matters of life and death. Another way of looking at it is that McNamara, who was the secretary of defense under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, is the Donald Rumsfeld of his time, widely considered to be the architect of the Vietnam war. Using over 20 hours of interviews, Morris uses McNamara to give an insider’s view of recent history, as well as a portrait of a man grappling with his responsibility for the millions of deaths that occurred as a result of his counsel.
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August 5th, 2009 at 3:06 am
to quote a writer: …
to quote a writer: ” he made his own brand of madness from parts of perfect chill logic”. mcnamara is one reason that causes me to regret that there is, in all probability, no below us.
August 5th, 2009 at 3:06 am
O SHUT UP!
GOD …
O SHUT UP!
GOD i’m tired of a culture that has young twits EXPLAINING brilliantly EXPLAINED in brilliant documentary. run more of the CLIP and cut you breathless BLATHER to a THIRD, boy!
GEEZ
August 5th, 2009 at 3:06 am
the best thing to …
the best thing to happen to kennedy was that third shot, he was/is an idiot!!!! weak, weak weak, a you might say
August 5th, 2009 at 3:06 am
kennedy’s wise …
kennedy’s wise leadership are u a ing idiot, he trys to kill castro several times, plots, castro says well lets just put some nukes here, a crisis and kennedy pats himself on his back for getting out of the corner, jesus ing christ!!!
August 5th, 2009 at 3:06 am
so what would he …
so what would he rather we shot them in the head one at a time? birds gotta fly japs gotta die!!! wtf?
August 5th, 2009 at 3:06 am
Peak Oil, The …
Peak Oil, The reason for the Iraq war.
August 5th, 2009 at 3:06 am
Thanks for this …
Thanks for this very smart review, Jonathan. I was shocked at how candid McNamara was in the film. I might have been reading into it but he seems like someone severely suffering from guilt as well he should.