Damn, shouldn't have been in such a rush to post - probably more appropriate for the Spanning Time collective.

Hot damn! Thanks for posting!

A few years back I was going through a lonely phase and out of the blue asked a girlfriend out to see a movie, I wasn't sure if romantic inclinations were really on my agenda as I took her to see this. It was hilarious.

EDIT: Yeah this really belongs in Spanning Time.

Shame it can't be changed - I had a brief dillemma over which one, but always side with the more specific Collective. Since it's almost entirely political I decided on that, rather than the timespan and experience of someones life - which its really all about.

Whatever collective it's in, it's a great post!

One of my all time favorite movies.

The only lesson to be learned from this bastards life is:
never let animals like this gain power.

He's directly responsible for the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.

Burn in Hell for all eternity you worthless piece of garbage.

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"Khrushchev was rational, Castro was rational..."

Saddam wasn't rational. Bin Landen isn't rational. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad isn't rational. How do we reason and negotiate with these people? Is it possible?

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It is almost unnerving how much like Rumsfeld McNamara sounded when he was Secretary of Defense. They even had the same hairstyles and glasses.

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This made me cry.

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This film actually made me emotional, as well. I got chills several times, especially when he said, "What makes us omniscient? Have we a record of omniscience? We are the strongest nation in the world today. I do not believe we should ever apply that economic, political, or military power unilaterally. If we had followed that rule in Vietnam, we wouldn't have been there! None of our allies supported us; not Japan, not Germany, not Britain or France. If we can't persuade nations with comparable values of the merit of our cause, we'd better reexamine our reasoning."

"I think the human race needs to think about killing. How much evil must we do in order to do good?"

McNamara's words are chilling. What a powerful film.

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McNamara's words are chilling. What a powerful film.


I agree, Pinky, it was a powerful film.

I still think the guy's a dirty stinking war criminal, and I think he knew exactly what he was doing the entire time.

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*promote and thank you Farhad for recommending this film to me

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One of the best documentaries ever made (imo) *quality

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