After viewing this film, please discuss the following questions and write a one page reflection. (Minimum 250 words)

1. What role does (and should) proportionality have in warfare?

2. McNamara suggests that if the USA had lost WWII, he could have been prosecuted as a war criminal. Are different moral judgements made about winners than about losers? Should we judge all countries and all systems of government by the same moral standards? Should McNamara have been put on trial for his use of Agent Orange?

3. Are the rules of war enforceable?

4. Which of McNamara’s eleven lessons do you find most thought-provoking? Why?

5. McNamara asks the question “how much evil must we do in order to do good?” Discuss this question with reference to the issues of peace and conflict raised in the documentary.

Websites: http://www.sonyclassics.com/fogofwar/

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