The best and brightest of the baby boomers have in their own way replicated the missteps of their predecessors. How ironic then that the best and brightest of the baby boomers have in their own way replicated the missteps of their predecessors. In the 1960s, angry Americans, led by baby boomers, rose up in protest. Haunted by Vietnam, McNamara himself belatedly conceded the point, expressing remorse for his misjudgments while in office. With the normalization of war, Americans have learned to tune out events occurring on distant battlefields.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 06, 2016 12:01 UTC