The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam. William Westmoreland More Quotes by William Westmoreland More Quotes From William Westmoreland I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy. William Westmoreland menwarbelieve Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. William Westmoreland vietnamengagementmilitary Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. William Westmoreland confusedsillythinking We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view. William Westmoreland importantendsviews They're asking women to do impossible things. I don't believe women can carry a pack, live in a foxhole, or go a week without a bath. William Westmoreland impossible-thingswomenbelieve Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country. William Westmoreland instrumentscountrytelevision 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 militarycharacterwar I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive. William Westmoreland offensivemilitarymade War is fear cloaked in courage. William Westmoreland militarywarpeace We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning. William Westmoreland succeedwinningwar We'll blast them back into the stone ages! William Westmoreland agewarpeace 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 can locate through instant communications and almost instantaneous application of highly lethal firepower. William Westmoreland surveillancecommunicationreal When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves. William Westmoreland militaryinspiringmemories The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. William Westmoreland militaryfearpeace As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it. William Westmoreland vietnampublic-opinionsenior When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail William Westmoreland vietnamcaremail Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news. William Westmoreland tv-newscamerasmilitary I don't take criticism lying down. William Westmoreland criticismmilitarylying I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected. William Westmoreland troopsmilitarythinking It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation. William Westmoreland hanoioperationsrunning
