In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.
William WestmorelandThe politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.
William WestmorelandPresident Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
William WestmorelandWe were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.
William Westmoreland