What I learned out of my experiences in Vietnam that there is a big difference between loving the country (which I do) and supporting the government (which I mostly haven't). I knew the guy who was Librarian at RAND who let Daniel Ellsberg take the Pentagon Papers out and copy them. His name was Dick Best and he's known in history as the…
What I learned out of my experiences in Vietnam that there is a big difference between loving the country (which I do) and supporting the government (which I mostly haven't). I knew the guy who was Librarian at RAND who let Daniel Ellsberg take the Pentagon Papers out and copy them. His name was Dick Best and he's known in history as the guy who turned the Battle of Midway from an American defeat to a victory by sinking the carrier Akagi almost single-handedly. A true American hero. And he told me he always believed he served his country better by what he did with Ellsberg than what he did over the Japanese fleet. "The American people deserved to know what had been done in their name."
There is indeed a big dif between loving the country and supporting the gov't. And Dick Best had a damn good head on his shoulders. Thanks for these observations.
What I learned out of my experiences in Vietnam that there is a big difference between loving the country (which I do) and supporting the government (which I mostly haven't). I knew the guy who was Librarian at RAND who let Daniel Ellsberg take the Pentagon Papers out and copy them. His name was Dick Best and he's known in history as the guy who turned the Battle of Midway from an American defeat to a victory by sinking the carrier Akagi almost single-handedly. A true American hero. And he told me he always believed he served his country better by what he did with Ellsberg than what he did over the Japanese fleet. "The American people deserved to know what had been done in their name."
There is indeed a big dif between loving the country and supporting the gov't. And Dick Best had a damn good head on his shoulders. Thanks for these observations.
WOW!