PATH TO WAR

HBO ^ | 5/21/02 | Dr.Michael

[DoctorMichael]

Tonight...............HBO 1...............Path to War............Vietnam...........Alec Baldwin............60's.................

.....................8 PM tonight (EST)

[DoctorMichael]

Okay folks (and HISTORY buffs). This is your second chance to watch this abbreviated history of the Vietnam war as told with a White House (ie. Johnson Administration) perspective.

YOU decide whether this movie is liberal propaganda or gives a fair airing to the root decisions of the Johnson Administration that caused us to get lost in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

I saw it Saturday night and nobody posted on it. The movie is 2 hr 45 min long and stars Alec "Lefty" Baldwin as Robert "Strangelove" McNamarra and recounts (or purports to account.....heh, heh) how we got involved in Vietnam..........how the War was enlarged.........who was to blame..........who made what decisions when.........etc.

[GingisK]

...Alec "Lefty" Baldwin...

All that I need to know in order to find something else to occupy my time. A 100% boycott has no room for cheating.

[DoctorMichael]

I found it interesting that one of the Consultants (ie. the Credits at the very end ran the following ->>>>>>>> "The Producers would like to thank....xyz.......for their contributions") was Daniel Ellsberg.

[GingisK]

...Daniel Ellsberg...

Hmmmm. Old "Mr. Pentagon Papers" himself. Tightly knit little family, isn't it?