Tuesday, September 26, 2017
If America can survive the 60s, I'd sure like to think we can survive the Trump years. That's my big takeaway on Ken Burns' Vietnam War. What a brutal decade and horrible example of leadership. Why did Johnson got into that horrendous war in the first place? Why didn't he learn from the French, who'd created their own Vietnam mess? The blindness of leaders is ever-present. I don't think I've ever watched 18 hours of sustained images strung together to tell a story in such an intense, stirring way, and with such a powerful soundtrack. This is a tough series to watch, but important. Necessary.
If America can survive the 60s, I'd sure like to think we can survive the Trump years. That's my big takeaway on Ken Burns' Vietnam War. What a brutal decade and horrible example of leadership. Why did Johnson got into that horrendous war in the first place? Why didn't he learn from the French, who'd created their own Vietnam mess? The blindness of leaders is ever-present. I don't think I've ever watched 18 hours of sustained images strung together to tell a story in such an intense, stirring way, and with such a powerful soundtrack. This is a tough series to watch, but important. Necessary.
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