[Jaxter]

"A Vietnam trigger-puller once told me about his experience: not everyone in the military was smart."

Google McNamara's 100,000.

[jeffersondem]

“Google McNamara’s 100,000.”

Thanks for the reference. I read the article.

I was generally aware that standards had been lowered in some way during the war but did not know of the term, or how widespread it was.

This McNamara program does not fully explain why a retired Admiral would favor left-wing ideology.