Wednesday, July 8, 2009

The real McNamara

Alexander Cockburn has a good review of McNamara's accomplishments, in contrast to the mainstream accounts depicting him as "bright" and "conflicted" or something.

An excerpt that sets the tone of the article:

McNamara "contributed more than most to the slaughter of 3.4 million Vietnamese (his own estimate). He went on to run the World Bank, where he presided over the impoverishment, eviction from their lands and death of many millions more round the world."

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