The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

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.

I don't take criticism lying down.

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.

We'll blast them back into the stone ages!

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.