In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.
War is fear cloaked in courage. - William Westmoreland
War is fear cloaked in courage.
- William Westmoreland
Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country. - William Westmoreland
Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.
This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character. - William Westmoreland
This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. - William Westmoreland
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. - William Westmoreland
Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.
The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam. - William Westmoreland
The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.
I see battlefields that are under 24-hour real or near-real time surveillance of all types. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we ca… - William Westmoreland
I see battlefields that are under 24-hour real or near-real time surveillance of all types. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we ca…
We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning. - William Westmoreland
We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.
We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view. - William Westmoreland
We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.
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