Vietnam Archives — American Delusions

American Wars – The Secrets of Vietnam and Afghanistan

December 6, 2018 Comments Off

The recent movie The Post (about the Washington Post newspaper and its involvement with the Pentagon Papers – see below) poses interesting reminders of the power of the US government to rain death on countries --->> read more -->>

Remarks on President Obama’s Speech on Accepting The Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo 12/10/2009

December 21, 2009 Comments Off

President Obama’s speech on accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2009 has generally been reviewed in the US with much glow about its rhetorical heights and appreciation of its depth of thought. I --->> read more -->>

A Fog of War or a Fog of Ethics?

December 18, 2003 Comments Off

Through our friend Esther Hanig we attended a showing of Errol Morris’s new documentary, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara at the Kennedy Library in Dorchester MA on December --->> read more -->>