Robert McNamara dies

Sailor Steve · 07-08-09, 12:54 PM

One of the things I remember McNamara for was his attempt to micromanage the war. We heard stories that he planned bombing raids personally from his desk in Washington, and was the major proponent of the US 'no-fly zones' in North Vietnam. Our pilots had very careful slots planned out for them, and they were not allowed to wander from these designated corridors, which made it easy for the enemy to know exactly where they'd be at any given time.

None of us who were there thought too much of the man.

SteamWake · 07-08-09, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

One of the things I remember McNamara for was his attempt to micromanage the war. We heard stories that he planned bombing raids personally from his desk in Washington, and was the major proponent of the US 'no-fly zones' in North Vietnam. Our pilots had very careful slots planned out for them, and they were not allowed to wander from these designated corridors, which made it easy for the enemy to know exactly where they'd be at any given time.

None of us who were there thought too much of the man.

War by quota I believe was attributed to him.

JSF · 07-08-09, 11:53 PM

Good riddance

07-08-09, 12:54 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	One of the things I remember McNamara for was his attempt to micromanage the war. We heard stories that he planned bombing raids personally from his desk in Washington, and was the major proponent of the US 'no-fly zones' in North Vietnam. Our pilots had very careful slots planned out for them, and they were not allowed to wander from these designated corridors, which made it easy for the enemy to know exactly where they'd be at any given time. None of us who were there thought too much of the man. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

07-08-09, 11:53 PM	#3
JSF Engineer Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 208 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Good riddance