William Westmoreland

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

— William Westmoreland

#military #politicians #start #wars

War is fear cloaked in courage. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#fear #war

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

— William Westmoreland

#i #i think #loved #respected #think

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#aware #commander #i #opinion #potency

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they? ↗

— William Westmoreland

#end #heck #how #i #impossible

I don't take criticism lying down. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#down #i #lying #take

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#confused #get #mind #public #public mind

I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#because #captain #figured #first #haven

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#i #know #lynched #lynching #my own

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

#against #been #believe #credit #deserve