We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded. Neil Sheehan deludegenuinelyleadership Change image and share on social
The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other. Neil Sheehan communistcountryoccur Change image and share on social
We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans. Neil Sheehan americangoodsimply Change image and share on social
Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65. Neil Sheehan breakcargasoline Change image and share on social
People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to somebody who hadn't shared the experience; they gave me their papers, they gave me their diaries. I found people constantly opening up to me. And I think they did because I had shared that experience with them. Neil Sheehan constantlydiaryexperience share on social
I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war. Neil Sheehan assignmentreporterupi Change image and share on social
We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see. Neil Sheehan advisorambassadorcountry share on social
I think you have to remember that Americans saw their purpose as so innately good that they could excuse the pain they would inflict on others to carry out those purposes. Because the purposes were so good, they would justify this pain we were inflicting on other people. Neil Sheehan americancarryexcuse share on social
World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century. Neil Sheehan 19thassumebegin share on social
I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in those years, but because it was the event of my generation and I started out covering it so I stayed with it. Neil Sheehan covereventgeneration Change image and share on social
