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

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


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It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.



Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.

Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.



We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.

We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.



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



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War is fear cloaked in courage.



Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.



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.

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.



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.

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.



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