"I formed the hypothesis that each of us could have achieved our objectives without the terrible loss of life. And I wanted to test that by going to Vietnam."
— The Fog of War

January 1, 1970

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McNamara, on his 1995 meeting in Vietnam with the former Foreign Minister of Vietnam