Word: kalb
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...When [McNamara] left, he was already a very sick, disheartened, and dispirited person, so much so that at his last news conference...he broke down in tears, in front of the President and the cameras," said Marvin L. Kalb, a Kennedy School professor who, as a former journalist, knew McNamara personally. "It was a sad thing to observe, for somebody who was so confident that he knew how to run the war, to leave in tears and in full awareness that he had failed...
...Kalb, the former reporter, said that even McNamara himself likely did not believe that his post-war actions could serve sufficient penitence for his mistakes...
...think he realized deep down that he is going to be remembered in history for his unfortunate contributions to the American role in Vietnam," Kalb said. "[McNamara] could have worked 50 years at the World Bank, and when he died, the lede would still say he was the man who failed in Vietnam...
Kennedy School Professor Emeritus Marvin Kalb, whose area of expertise also includes Iran, also said he does not see a new regime taking charge, even if the current structure will have to accommodate new realities. “No matter what happens over the next couple of weeks and months, the government of Iran cannot stay the same,” Kalb said...
Nonetheless, Kalb said that a significant shift has already taken place: “People are prepared to go into the streets and say things they have been afraid to say or not willing to say in the past 25 years...