Many of McNamara’s critics assert – rightly, I think – that he stopped short of full understanding, that he sought to hold fast to claims of noble intentions that the record could not sustain. How noble are intentions when the facts showing their horrific results are readily at hand yet overlooked?
许多麦克纳马拉的批评者称他没能彻底理解这场战争，他试图紧紧抓住根本没有事实依据的高尚目标。当事实证明战争的可怕后果比比皆是却仍有人视而不见的情况下，目标还能有多高尚？