Lessons of history: 1.3 (F)

[unixronin]

dafydd found this editorial, by Doug Saunders of the Globe and Mail, in which he discusses interviewing Robert McNamara, who says that the United States (specifically, the Bush administration) learned nothing from Vietnam and is making the same set of critical mistakes all over again.

You know, I really don't want us to end up setting the entire Middle East ablaze.

Oh, yeah, find dafydd's original post here.

On a more cheerful note, micheinnz found this article about a Danish biotech company that has developed a genetically-modified cress plant that changes color when growing in proximity to buried explosives.  Think "clearing land mines", folks.

Comments

[caged-admin.livejournal.com]

Frankly: Did you actually read the whole article? I have to ask because it seems to me that you're attacking the article on the basis of things that weren't in it. If you can fault things that are in the article, go ahead, but don't set up straw men in order to knock them down.

You're right. I was pressed for time, skimmed it, and didn't read carefully enough. Sometime later tonight or tomorrow, I'm going to re-read it and rewrite with better objections. Consider my first response tossed out.