[meandog]

NO.
We don’t do that on Free Republic. Ok bud.
When someone dies, we offer thoughts and prayers to their family. Because we have class. and we believe all fall short of the grace of God.
I know that was a very painfull time for the USA. But I am sure Mr McNamara felt the pain, just as Lyndon Johnson did, just as Richard Nixon did. Does anyone doubt that Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon LOVED this country ?. Bob McNamara doesn’t deserve hatred. God rest his soul. He served the United States of America. He was a patriot...

Saddam Hussein loved his country, so did Josef Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao Tse Tung, and Ho Chi Minh, even Adolph Hitler. It didn't make them "feel pain" ... whether saints or monsters, people need to be judged for their actions despite what is BC (Biblical Correct). I am sorry for Robert S. McNamara's family but I don't grieve his death; he was one of the worst SECDEF's in history...second only to Simon Cameron. His and LBJ's decisions to suspend (limited warfare) instead of carrying on the successful "Rolling Thunder" (which Nixon mirrored in "Linebacker II" to force the N.V.A. regime to the peace table) resulted to stymie a winnable war and cost American lives.

[guns_for_liberty]

“His and LBJ’s decisions to suspend (limited warfare) instead of carrying on the successful “Rolling Thunder” (which Nixon mirrored in “Linebacker II” to force the N.V.A. regime to the peace table) resulted to stymie a winnable war and cost American lives.”

How can you be certain that anything would force the NVA to the peace table? We killed 2-3 million of them. The NVA were fanatics who didn’t care how many Vietnamese died.

For that matter, why would forcing them to the peace table have changed anything? We had a “peace” agreement when Saigon was overrun. They just kept on regardless until they unified the country.