Saturday, January 07, 2006

Bob McNamara didn't get a chance to tell this to Bush

During the 5 minutes he and past Secretaries of State and Defense were given before the photo op, but Bush should see the "Fog of War" and reflect on the 11 Lessons that McNamara learned come inevitably out of armed conflict:

1. Empathize with your enemy.
2. Rationality will not save us.
3. There's something beyond one's self.
4. Maximize efficiency.
5. Proportionality should be a guideline in war.
6. Get the data.
7. Belief and seeing are both often wrong.
8. Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning.
9. In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil.
10. Never say never.
11. You can't change human nature.


I saw Fog of War more than a year ago, it seemed like it was more about Iraq then, it is even more now.

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