Comments by "Arthur Mosel" (@arthurmosel808) on "McNamara's Morons - The Low Intelligence Soldiers Used as Guinea Pigs in the Vietnam War" video.

  1. McNamara was a disaster, he was a low ranking enlisted man when he served, and was a always looking for a cheap way of doing something. The F111 is a good example, originally intended to be a carrier fighter/strike aircraft, a fighter/strike fighter for the Marines, and a fighter/strike/strategic bomber for the Air Force, it was too big for carrier ops, too complicated to maintain for the Marines, too unwieldy to be a fighter, it finally became a decent bombing aircraft (not ground support) for the Air Force once the bugs were fixed. Check the loss rate when initially deployed. By the way, the Navy's F4 became the Air Forces fighter. Both services then worked on replacements. Designing an aircraft for the purpose is always better. The F15 was the Air Force replacement and it is still a viable aircraft today.
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  2. All three services had people under this program. People involved included those who didn't meet mental standards, had emotional issues or criminal records. By around 1971 few were left, I had one transferred into my unit in that year, he should have been removed earlier instead d someone at his previous base reenlisted him. He was the only man that I ever had to order to take a bath because of complaints of people working with him. He wouldn't maintain a clean room and everyone assigned to the same room requested different room. It took me six months to get this man discharged. No one missed him.
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