We thought of ourselves, I think, as trying to defeat Communists. Defeat. Accepting a view...
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Daniel Ellsberg:
We thought of ourselves, I think, as trying to defeat Communists. Defeat. Accepting a view of the Walt Rostow kind of view of covert aggression of some kind. The kind of view that enabled you to think of the conflict in World War II terms. That was an unquestioned assumption. It had an idealistic flavor to it. But, it was the underpinning of an imperial policy, basically. I shared the assumption. Very easily. And felt it, as an idealistic one, really. We were doing something for them
We thought of ourselves, I think, as trying to defeat Communists. Defeat. Accepting a view of the Walt Rostow kind of view of covert aggression of some kind. The kind of view that enabled you to think of the conflict in World War II terms. That was an unquestioned assumption. It had an idealistic flavor to it. But, it was the underpinning of an imperial policy, basically. I shared the assumption. Very easily. And felt it, as an idealistic one, really. We were doing something for them
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we thought of ourselves I think
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As trying to defeat communists
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Defeat Accepting a view of uh
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The Walt rostow kind of view
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Of covert aggression of some kind
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The kind of view that enabled you to think of the conflict
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In really world war ii terms
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That was an unquestioned assumption
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It had an idealistic flavor to it
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But it was the underpinning of an imperial policy basically
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I shared the assumption very easily
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And felt it as an idealistic one really
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We were doing something for them
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Movie Summary
A startling and courageous landmark documentary that unflinchingly confronted the United States' involvement in Vietnam at the height of the controversy that surrounded it.
