They documented the whole sordid history of our Vietnam experience, not just how it got started, but how they kept on making the same mistakes long after they realized they were mistakes. It wasn't about freedom, or national interest, or even fighting World Communism (although initially it might have been perceived that way by the flag-waving ideologues and professional patriots).

It was really a cover-your-ass narrative of missed opportunities and poorly, desperately concealed fuck-ups. Just like the Bush Baby in Iraq. The Domino Theory was the analogue of WMDs. I wonder if our current obsession with Korea is going to turn out the. same way. Iran certainly seems to be headed down the same road.