Tag Archives: Robert McNamara

secret agent cult: down on the mekong

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Dave

In fact as in fiction, the spy is the indispensable person of our time. Yet their activity poses a deadly threat to the open society… …Vietnam was an example .There the pawns included not merely secret service, police and paramilitary … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Albert Gore Sr., Colonel Frank L. Goldstein, James Bond, Jimmy Cliff, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Pham Xuan An spy, Robert McNamara, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

A Full Metal Jacket That Fit Him Well

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Dave

… ” In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ” claimed sociologist Laurence J. Peter in his 1968 book, ”The Peter Principle”. That is, eventually individuals are promoted to a position where they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Conrad Black, Full Metal Jacket, Laurence J Peter, Mark Jenkins, Peter Principle, Robert McNamara, The Anderson Platoon, Vietnam War, War Films | Leave a comment

Blinded By The Darkness

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Dave

Robert McNamara was a scientifically trained bureaucrat who introduced Ivy League statistical study and modern systems analysis into the sphere of public policy through his tenure as Secretrary of Defence in the United Stated between 1960 and 1967. Vietnam was … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Amy Goodman, Brian McKenna, Eddie Adams, Joseph Stalin, Mark Jenkins, Michael Savage, Pol Pot, Robert McNamara, The Valour and the Horror, Vietnam War | 3 Comments

Domino Theory of Mutual Contradiction

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Dave

…Parallels the Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic Japanese film Rashomon, where in the case of the recently deceased Robert Strange McNamara on July 6,the crime committed, the guilty party and the sequence of events varies widely depending on the credence given … Continue reading →