Evil? That is a strange word and I'm sure there will be lots of revisionism and bizarre over the top proclamations. Truth is, every American is responsible for the actions of Robert McNamara and the USA war industrial complex. We all benefited from the advances of technology, our cushy lifestyles all brought about because of our desire to live better than other nations.
The foreign policies of the 60s were a direct response to this purpose. Protect American interests at all costs, for Sunday football games must go on. It is all directly related and tied together.
In the NYTIMES, there is a quote:
“What makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?”
This is easy to answer. Winners write the history books. If we had won the Vietnam War do you think we'd still 50 years later be wringing our hands over it? Losing is the real wound in America's psyche, not whether or not we were on the right side.
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