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At the end we lucked out
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The Fog of War

In the end, it was luck. We were *this* close to nuclear war, and luck prevented it

Robert McNamara:
In the end, it was luck. We were *this* close to nuclear war, and luck prevented it

Full Transcript

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At the end we lucked out
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It was luck that prevented nuclear war
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We came that close to nuclear war at the end
Duration
11 seconds
Views
256
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:52
Uploaded
Dec 06, 2022
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
SenArt Films,RadicalMedia

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Movie Summary

The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
The indefinite combination of human fallibility - The Fog of War 00:10
The indefinite combination of human fallibility
I'm not sure I got the translation right - The Fog of War 00:24
I'm not sure I got the translation right
My deputy and I brought the five chiefs over - The Fog of War 00:19
My deputy and I brought the five chiefs over
It's almost impossible for our people today - The Fog of War 00:37
It's almost impossible for our people today
In any event that was what I was thrown into - The Fog of War 00:18
In any event that was what I was thrown into
I was on the island of Guam in his command - The Fog of War 00:35
I was on the island of Guam in his command
I think the issue - The Fog of War 00:09
I think the issue
LeMay said If we'd lost the war - The Fog of War 00:35
LeMay said If we'd lost the war
They said The major problem is packaging - The Fog of War 00:28
They said The major problem is packaging
What makes us omniscient - The Fog of War 00:56
What makes us omniscient
MCNAMARA One of the lessons I learned early on never say never - The Fog of War 00:31
MCNAMARA One of the lessons I learned early on never say...
And had I responded I would have said - The Fog of War 01:11
And had I responded I would have said
I'm not so naive or simplistic - The Fog of War 01:11
I'm not so naive or simplistic
MORRIS ON PHONE After you left the Johnson administration - The Fog of War 00:44
MORRIS ON PHONE After you left the Johnson administration
MORRIS Is it the feeling that you're damned if you do - The Fog of War 00:15
MORRIS Is it the feeling that you're damned if you do