I'm just flicking through Stanley Karnow's magisterial history of the Vietnam War. The sense of deja vu is uncanny. As you mention, Mark, the type of incidents, the inexorable drip-drip-drip of events and patterns of thinking are almost a carbon copy. Most overpowering of all is the similar level of total delusion and refusal to question…
I'm just flicking through Stanley Karnow's magisterial history of the Vietnam War. The sense of deja vu is uncanny. As you mention, Mark, the type of incidents, the inexorable drip-drip-drip of events and patterns of thinking are almost a carbon copy. Most overpowering of all is the similar level of total delusion and refusal to question ideological standpoints. We now know that even McNamara had serious private doubts about US involvement, but he still went along with it. I wonder if there is anyone in the NATO hierarchy with any doubts about where this is leading?
I'm just flicking through Stanley Karnow's magisterial history of the Vietnam War. The sense of deja vu is uncanny. As you mention, Mark, the type of incidents, the inexorable drip-drip-drip of events and patterns of thinking are almost a carbon copy. Most overpowering of all is the similar level of total delusion and refusal to question ideological standpoints. We now know that even McNamara had serious private doubts about US involvement, but he still went along with it. I wonder if there is anyone in the NATO hierarchy with any doubts about where this is leading?