Month: March 2026

An Unintended Consequence of the Vietnam War

      “What ‘the fog of war’ means is war is so complex it’s beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend all the variables. Our judgment, our understanding, are not adequate. And we kill people unnecessarily.” — Robert McNamara   Cambodia; ancient, beautiful and mysterious War often becomes an uncontrollable force, diverging from its originators’ intentions. In 1970 Richard Nixon, with guidance from Henry Kissinger engineered an invasion of Cambodia. Nixon was feeling the heat as the end of war date he had predicted had come and gone, and the […]