LOCKING THEM IN AND PAYING THEM $2.20 AND HOUR IN U.S. Them off, the more violent and chaotic their region becomes. People can’t, or don’t care to even realize that the more we close That was before the border became as strict as it is today, and Several years ago, I partied I Juarez every year for about 12 years… Poor people detained and separated from children, those -ssholes get Those hateful b-tchesĪre committing genocide at our Southern border, and as we see those Just themselves.Īmericans are Native & Central Americans. citizens don’t give a crap about Americans. … and to be honest, NAND Gate… NOT EVEN A GOOD BRICK! What a horrible place America is, I am so glad I don’t live there. have lead to the creation of something akin to a police state which uses double speak to such an extent that a piece of law called the Patriot Act can be installed and have the complete opposite meaning to its title. Look where all this clinical thinking has got his nation as a whole, a progression of more and more fucked up leaderships to the sheep that constitute the general population of the most profoundly evil country on the planet. He is part of that killing machine that is the good ole US empire whether he cares to admit it or not. Total obedience to lunatics and sociopaths. No it isn’t too complex Robert, it’s simply American attempts to dominate every strata of mankind from what others on this soon to be destroyed planet should think to what we should eat. Everything is too “complex” for Joe Soap to comprehend. He sounds like a politician and puts a twist on almost everything he discusses. this interview comes across as a man in denial of the facts of his own behaviours and their ultimately negative and barbaric consequences. That seems to me to be a problem coming from someone who is otherwise so certain that he “is always doing the right thing even though anyone who’s honest has to admit the fact that everyone makes mistakes?”īrilliant intellect but slippery sense of personal responsibility and conscience - nothing sticks to him. Plus, I found I had no sympathy for his position that his job was to help the President be the best President he could be, or help the President do the best job possible. Well of course you’re never going to be aware of your blind spot if you refuse to consider it, or limit yourself to answering only the questions that you ask of yourself. Yet he is really proud of himself – tickled with himself – for proposing that one should never answer the question that is asked, answer the question that you wish had been asked. Witness: he proposes as one of his collected wisdoms that we, the US, have to remember that we are not omniscient, we have to remember we don’t know it all, don’t have access to comprehensive, absolute knowledge. Whether McNamara tries to be honest with himself or not, he is evidently incapable of adhering to his own wisdom and I think it compromises his ability to be honest. “If no one is able to point it out to you, how do you ever know if you have a blind spot.” Combining extraordinary archival footage, recreations, newly declassified White House recordings, and an original score by the Oscar nominated composer, Philip Glass, the film is a disquieting and powerful essay on war, rationality, and human nature. How were decisions made and for what reason? What can we learn from these historical events?Īs American forces occupy Iraq and the possibility of additional military conflict looms large, The Fog of War is essential viewing for anyone who wants to understand how the American government justifies the use of military force. Why was this past Century the most destructive and deadly in all of human history? Are we doomed to repeat our mistakes? Are we free to make choices, or are we at the mercy of inexorable historical forces and ideologies?įrom the firebombing of 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo in 1945 to the brink of nuclear catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis to the devastating effects of the Vietnam War, The Fog of War examines the psychology and reasoning of the government decision-makers who send men to war. One of the most controversial and influential figures in world politics, he takes us on an insider’s view of the seminal events of the 20th Century. It is the story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense, Robert S. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary
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