Friday night, History Channel on history of the M-16

[Pathfinder]

Just started NOW - 7PM CDT. No copyright date, but I have not seen it on before.

[1911 Junkie]

I saw that was on but the kids want to watch Bob the Builder before bed.

It's O.K. though, it repeats at 12 AM real time (EST).

I beleive it has aired before but I missed it.

[Timothy]

If it's the one I've seen, it's worth watching.  Some of it might piss you off about the McNamara and JFK defense department rush to get it into the field....men died because of it. 

[Texas_Bryan]

Educational, but a little sensational too.  Fun watch though, real military heavy as opposed to civilian or LE.

[Rastus]

If it's the one I've seen, it's worth watching.  Some of it might piss you off about the McNamara and JFK defense department rush to get it into the field....men died because of it. 

Rant On:
Speaking of which...I still think McNamara is a war criminal.  The way he prosecuted the war was not to win and many of our troops who should not have died did because of that arrogant ass and LBJ's politics.  LBJ is in the ground now, but if McNamara is still alive he should be dragged in front of a court and tried.
Rant Off.

I saw part of the show.  I learned some helpful things. 

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[garand4life]

I have it on DVD. It's a part of Modern Marvels Tales of the Gun series. Really good series even the NRA is not integrating into their video collection.

[tombogan03884]

Rant On:
Speaking of which...I still think McNamara is a war criminal.  The way he prosecuted the war was not to win and many of our troops who should not have died did because of that arrogant ass and LBJ's politics.  LBJ is in the ground now, but if McNamara is still alive he should be dragged in front of a court and tried.
Rant Off.

I saw part of the show.  I learned some helpful things. 

McNamara IS still alive     Robert McNamara Wiki
World Bank

McNamara served as head of the World Bank from April 1968 to June 1981, when he turned 65.[10] In his thirteen years at the Bank, he introduced key changes, most notably from shifting the Bank's focus towards targeted poverty reduction. He negotiated, with the conflicting countries represented on the Board, a spectacular growth in funds to channel credits for development, in the form of health, food, and education projects. He also instituted new methods of evaluating the effectiveness of funded projects. One notable project started during McNamara's tenure was the effort to prevent river blindness.[10]

The World Bank currently has a scholarship program under his name.[11]

[edit] Post-World Bank activities

In 1982 McNamara joined several other former national security officials in urging that the United States pledge not to use nuclear weapons first in Europe in the event of hostilities; subsequently he proposed the elimination of nuclear weapons as an element of NATO's defense posture. His memoir, In Retrospect, published in 1995, presented an account and analysis of the Vietnam War from his point of view. Reviews were very mixed. The book was viewed as McNamara's attempt to apologize for his role in the war, but it also has been seen as shifting blame to other people and as an attempt to transform his image from an architect of the war into a virtual opponent.

McNamara has maintained his involvement in politics during recent years, delivering statements critical of the Bush administration's 2003 invasion of Iraq.[12] On January 5, 2006, McNamara and most living former Secretaries of Defense and Secretaries of State met briefly at the White House with President Bush to discuss the war.[13]

[Big Frank]

McNamara died yesterday. Too late to do anything to him now.

[tombogan03884]

McNamara died yesterday. Too late to do anything to him now.

There's always pissing on his grave. 

[Big Frank]

LOL.    That works for me Tom.