[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Fog of War (was "More on Pascal's wager")

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Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:09:39 -0600 (CST)
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> (see for example Robert McNamara in the movie "The Fog of War" to see 
> how someone who has an incredibly brilliant mind can get it so totally 
> wrong)

What did McNamara get totally wrong?  Remember that he was doing what he 
was told to do by the Presidents he worked for (Kennedy and Johnson) and 
his ideas were often overruled.

Mike
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