Robert McNamara
Moeh Atitar de la Fuente - Monday 6 de July de 2009
“One of the lessons I learned early on: never say never. Never, never, never. Never say never. And secondly, never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you. And quite frankly, I follow that rule. It’s a very good rule (…) “We all make mistakes. We know we make mistakes. I don’t know any military commander, who is honest, who would say he has not made a mistake. There’s a wonderful phrase: ‘the fog of war.’ What “the fog of war” means is: war is so complex it’s beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend all the variables. Our judgment, our understanding, are not adequate. And we kill people unnecessarily”
Estas son unas frases que dijo Robert McNamara, secretario de Defensa con Kennedy, actor de primera línea de la crisis de los misiles y cerebro del inicio de la guerra del Vietnam, una intervención que le persiguió durante el resto de su vida, y que trató de explicar echándole más bien la culpa a Johnson, sustituto de Kennedy. Las frases están recogidas del documental “The Fog of War“, de Errol Moris (en googlevídeo). McNamara ha muerto hoy a los 93 años.
Un auténtico criminal de guerra.
Revelador diálogo el que recuerdan hoy en Danger Room:
“In June 1965, Nitze took a trip to Vietnam and came back downtrodden at what looked like a looming failure.
Returning depressed, Nitze went to see McNamara to tell him the war was going terribly. Westmoreland had recently asked President Johnson for 200,000 more men, but Nitze was convinced that even that many additional troops would not nearly do the job. McNamara asked whether he was recommending that the U.S. withdraw. Yes, Nitze said.
“If we withdraw from Vietnam, do you believe the Communists will test us in another location?” asked the Secretary.
“Yes.”
“Can you predict where?”
“No, I can’t.”
“Well,” McNamara said, “under those circumstances, I take it you can’t be at all certain that the difficulties of stopping them in the next area they may choose won’t be greater than the difficulties of stopping them in South Vietnam.”
“No, I can’t.”
“You offer no alternative,” McNamara said, his eyes glazing over.”
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/mcnamara-human-computer-and-pentagon-chief-dead-at-93/
Un abrazo