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The 3rd picture down @ http://www.aworldtowin.net/reviews/JohnPilgerphotos.html comes to mind:
"American officers in their air-conditioned headquarters in Saigon, with a computer that "proved" they were winning the war. A reliance on machines and unreality characterised the American presence in Vietnam." - Philip Jones Griffiths, 1970
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The 3rd picture down @ http://www.aworldtowin.net/reviews/JohnPilgerphotos.html comes to mind:
"American officers in their air-conditioned headquarters in Saigon, with a computer that "proved" they were winning the war. A reliance on machines and unreality characterised the American presence in Vietnam." - Philip Jones Griffiths, 1970