Opinion: It’s always the media’s fault; Robert McNamara talked about Vietnam
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As The Ticket reported earlier, John F. Kennedy’s secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, died today at 93. He was a key architect of the disastrous U.S. military involvement in Vietnam who later admitted his mistakes.
In this C-SPAN archive video from 1995, McNamara discusses with Brian Lamb the role of the often-attacked media in that Southeast Asian conflict, specifically about whether the critical American press coverage caused the loss. It’s worth a listen in light of subsequent events.
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