As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.
Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.
My role in it was not as central as it was in some of the later cases considering I was younger then and I was playing a role of co-counsel on the case.

