Im So Confused

Fog of War

Here's another interesting movie. It's an interview with Robert S. McNamara the secretary of defense under Kennedy. He begins by talking about mutual annihilation. He goes on to say that the mix of human error and the power of nuclear weapons will lead to the destruction of nations. I really enjoyed listening to what he had to say over the Cuban missle crisis. It wasn't until the 1990's that he learned, when he went to visit Cuba, that the Soviets did have nuclear missles on the island. He asked Castro three questions, 1)Did you know they were there at the time 2) Would you have recommended to Krustchev that he use them if Cuba was attacked and 3)What would the consequences be? Castro responded, Yes I knew: I did recommend he use them: It would have meant the destruction of Cuba. He uses this point to say that rational people will not be able to stop nuclear war. Where does that leave us now? A shoot from the hip Texan in charge of our nuclear weapons. A crazy recluse in North Korea egging him on. Hmmmm, I don't like this one bit.

posted by Just a blogger @ 1:55 PM