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During the eight years that McNamara served as secretary of defense, he helped mastermind the killing of hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese, many of them civilians. Fragmentation bombs, napalm and the chemical weapon Agent Orange were all used to devastating effect. By the time the war ended, at least 2 million Vietnamese had been slaughtered. As McNamara helpfully reminded the Kennedy School crowd, if the U.S. population had suffered an equivalent percentage of losses during that war, 27 million Americans would have been killed. According to the Nuremberg Principles, war crimes include the “wanton destruction of cities...
Ever wonder how Emanuel Ungaro became part of Ferragamo, or the swimwear company Eres became part of Chanel, or Nina Ricci became part of Puig? Just ask Karine Ohana, the mastermind behind these deals...
...raised hopes when he boldly announced he was "sure" bin Laden would be captured by the end of the year. His statement also prompted the inevitable speculation during an election year that the Bush Administration was somehow trying to orchestrate an October surprise: namely, the capture of the terrorist mastermind just before voters go to the polls in November...
...raised hopes when he boldly announced he was "sure" bin Laden would be captured by the end of the year. His statement also prompted the inevitable speculation during an election year that the Bush Administration was somehow trying to orchestrate an October surprise: namely, the capture of the terrorist mastermind just before voters go to the polls in November...
...White House, through the skillful planning of political mastermind Karl Rove, has also learned to exploit the news media’s reliance on dramatic spectacle for its own special interests. Bush’s covert Thanksgiving Day stopover at the Baghdad airport for two and a half hours was a particularly fitting example. Encircled by soldiers, the president smiled widely for the cameras, carrying a huge platter with a giant golden-brown turkey, lavish trimmings and bunches of grapes. The image was plastered on practically every online site, television broadcast and newspaper front page, helping to amplify optimism about...