Although we sought to do the right thing—and believed we were doing the right thing—in my judgement, hindsight proves us wrong.
Robert McNamara Quotes
We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?
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| Birth: | 9th June, 1916 |
| Death: | 6th July, 2009 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Businessman |
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Robert Strange McNamara was an American business executive and the eighth Secretary of Defense, serving under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1968, during which time he played a large role in escalating the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
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