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July 20, 2009

Not a dove. He was for the war before he said it couldn't be won. Having seen War Made Easy, I recall the footage of Cronkite celebrating the bombers Solomon mentions. In fact it was the first thing I thought about when I'd heard he died and while his famous February 1968 quote,
Walter Cronkite: But it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out then will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did the best they could.
played over and over.

This doesn't diminish my admiration for his deep questioning on nuclear weapons during his later life (previous post). People are complicated. Life is complicated.

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