I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam, and it was that we better get out of this.

I covered the Vietnam War. I remember the lies that were told, the lives that were lost - and the shock when, twenty years after the war ended, former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara admitted he knew it was a mistake all along.

Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.

The military people don't like it; the government probably doesn't like it, but the people should know what they're sending their young people into when they permit their governments to declare war and engage in war.

gave the impression of playing a role more than simply trying to deliver the news to the audience.

I think the whole policy of pre-emptive war is a serious, serious mistake.