Comments on: Daring to Disarm: McNamara and the Moscow Summit http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/07/mcnamara-and-the-moscow-summit/ A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:57:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Everitt http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/07/mcnamara-and-the-moscow-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-110298 Everitt Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:57:40 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=9867#comment-110298 One of our sages (Dusty I think it was) has said that wisdom can be defined as the ability to exercise good judgement in difficult situations. And wisdom is gained primarily by the exercise of bad judgement. That seems to be the way we humans are built. But the exercise of bad judgement does not necessarily guarantee wisdom. In fact, it is a rare individual who can take the lessons learned at great personal and public expense and fundamentally change the way he views the world. One of our sages (Dusty I think it was) has said that wisdom can be defined as the ability to exercise good judgement in difficult situations. And wisdom is gained primarily by the exercise of bad judgement. That seems to be the way we humans are built. But the exercise of bad judgement does not necessarily guarantee wisdom. In fact, it is a rare individual who can take the lessons learned at great personal and public expense and fundamentally change the way he views the world.

]]> By: Everitt http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/07/mcnamara-and-the-moscow-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-89792 Everitt Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:57:40 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=9867#comment-89792 One of our sages (Dusty I think it was) has said that wisdom can be defined as the ability to exercise good judgement in difficult situations. And wisdom is gained primarily by the exercise of bad judgement. That seems to be the way we humans are built. But the exercise of bad judgement does not necessarily guarantee wisdom. In fact, it is a rare individual who can take the lessons learned at great personal and public expense and fundamentally change the way he views the world. One of our sages (Dusty I think it was) has said that wisdom can be defined as the ability to exercise good judgement in difficult situations. And wisdom is gained primarily by the exercise of bad judgement. That seems to be the way we humans are built. But the exercise of bad judgement does not necessarily guarantee wisdom. In fact, it is a rare individual who can take the lessons learned at great personal and public expense and fundamentally change the way he views the world.

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]]> By: SisterMarie http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/07/mcnamara-and-the-moscow-summit/comment-page-1/#comment-89657 SisterMarie Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:46:51 +0000 http://blog.sojo.net/?p=9867#comment-89657 I wish that Robert McNamara had adopted his peace-making epiphany some 40 years ago so that we could have avoided the tragedy of nearly 60,000 Americans dead and countless Vietnamese deaths. If only his table pounding had occurred during his meetings with President Johnson, some of my friends would be alive today to cheer his conversion to this cause.<br><br>At some point, the leaders of other nuclear powers will need to join this effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons. We will need the cooperation of China, France, Great Britain, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. Other nations are probably within a decade of acquiring these weapons. I wholeheartedly concur with this grass-roots effort initiated by Sojo to beat our swords into plougshares and study war no more. And I am glad that our president is leading this effort. I wish that Robert McNamara had adopted his peace-making epiphany some 40 years ago so that we could have avoided the tragedy of nearly 60,000 Americans dead and countless Vietnamese deaths. If only his table pounding had occurred during his meetings with President Johnson, some of my friends would be alive today to cheer his conversion to this cause.

At some point, the leaders of other nuclear powers will need to join this effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons. We will need the cooperation of China, France, Great Britain, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. Other nations are probably within a decade of acquiring these weapons. I wholeheartedly concur with this grass-roots effort initiated by Sojo to beat our swords into plougshares and study war no more. And I am glad that our president is leading this effort.

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