[GreenKeys] The Fog of War

[Don Robert House]

I saw The Fog of War today at the Highland Park Cinema.  I am very 
impressed.  It is probably the best documentary I have ever seen. 
Some of the archival footage and taped white house conversations were 
mind boggling.  Mr. Morris used quite a bit of the Model 32 Teletype 
messaging and lots of the IBM card sorter that we provided.  The 
music was great.  The special effects were well done as well.

Regardless of your personal opinion of Robert Strange McNamara 
(Strange is his middle name) the insight into his life and experience 
was and is absolutely fascinating.  He was fired by LBJ after he was 
presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  Mostly because 
McNamara wanted to pull out of Vietnam.  Less than half of the deaths 
had occurred when he left the position of Secretary of Defense.

When he was with Ford Motor Company he was responsible for the Falcon 
and redesigning the cars for safety.  He had the first seat belts 
installed in 1956.  He only served as CEO of Ford for 5 weeks before 
he was asked to join the Kennedy Administration.  One of his most 
interesting comments, at least for me, was that if Kennedy had not 
been shot and remained President, he feels that the Vietnam War would 
have been over many years sooner.

I highly recommend that you see this film.

Most sincerely,

Don