tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post1155588008739025515..comments2023-06-24T06:54:23.141-04:00Comments on The Chestnut Tree Cafe: Neither Dulce nor Decorum EstJim Wetzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-12630551825747666012009-07-09T20:49:55.740-04:002009-07-09T20:49:55.740-04:00The link you provided said McNamara was "a pr...The link you provided said McNamara was "a prisoner of his own background . . . unable, as indeed was the country which sponsored him, to adapt his values and his terms to Vietnamese realities."<br /><br />Replace Vietnam with the killing field of your choice, and we find that McNamara was no more of a fool than anyone else in Washington.<br /><br />(Thanks for posting this. I had missed it.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-43101554198919813802009-07-07T08:00:27.571-04:002009-07-07T08:00:27.571-04:00I was charmed by your reference to Wilfred Owen, J...I was charmed by your reference to Wilfred Owen, Jim. And yes, MacNamara and all his ilk often enjoy a ripe old age while their victims rot in the grave.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017592585596334313noreply@blogger.com