General William Westmoreland Quotes

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn’t know what I was being lynched for. William Westmoreland

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country. William Westmoreland

War is fear cloaked in courage. William Westmoreland

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. 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

I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts. William Westmoreland

The military don’t start wars. Politicians start wars. William Westmoreland

They put me over there and they forgot about me. But I was there seven days a week, working 14 to 16 hours a day. William Westmoreland

It’s not that we lost the war militarily. The fact is we as a nation did not make good our commitment to the South Vietnamese. William Westmoreland