Comments on: Documentaries I Like: The Fog of War (featuring Robert McNamara)

By: Kes Wold

Kes Wold — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:03:57 +0000

And I think Karen might want to watch ANY Rumsfeld press conference before making her comment.

By: Tiki187

Tiki187 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:13:31 +0000

This is one of my favorite documentaries. I own it and I watch it frequently. I find his 11 lessons as not lessons for war or business, but as lessons for life.

I feel he has learned from his mistakes in life and he wants to share the wisdom he has gained from it. I also believe him to be sincere in his efforts.

My favorite is number “8.Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning”

I don’t think that enough of us are willing to truly reassess our past actions. More of us are unwilling to admit that we made mistakes. Even more of us are unwilling to state aloud that we made mistakes.

Despite his actions, he did what he felt was right.

Learn from him and take his lesson to heart.

By: Mique

Mique — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:48:45 +0000

I agree that this documentary was fascinating: McNamara is brilliantly intelligent, lucid, analytical and very human. The examples he gives to illustrate his points, or lessons, are incredible insights into 20th century history, particularly those with respect to the Cuban missle crisis and his involvement in the bombing of Japanese cities during WWII. I also agree that few if any current public figures would be capable much less willing to admit to and review their failings and failures as a means of teaching future generations the benefit of what was, or should have been, learned from the experiences of the Vietnam war.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:44:35 +0000

I bought the movie, and I highly recommend it.

By: Unlucky13

Unlucky13 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:06:37 +0000

Chris,

I loved this documentary. It really gave an insight as to what happens in the walls of the Whitehouse. I think they were a lot of parallels between McNamara and Rumsfeld. It made me wonder if old Don wasn’t just a scapegoat.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:41:42 +0000

Maybe Kes Wold might re-read the Eleven Lessons before making such a comment.

By: Kes Wold

Kes Wold — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:29:55 +0000

Chris!

I think I saw this at Cinema 21 with you the night of its debut (in Portland, at least.)

It is also one of my favorite documentaries…I can’t imagine Donald Rumsfeld ever reflecting on his decisions like this.