Westmoreland Assures Victory Over Death Close at Hand

(The historical perspective from Craig)

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We Didn't Lose in Vietnam, Westmoreland Isn't Dead, And If 60 Minutes Says Otherwise, They Can Expect Another Lawsuit
(The revisionist historical perspective from Kirsti)

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Per Last Request, Gen. Westmoreland's Ashes, 10,000 Pounds Of Napalm Scattered Over Vietnam(The copyrighted perspective from The Onion)

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Losing the Battle of Heart and Mind(The pragmatic perspective from Monty)

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Entering Pandora’s Box
General William Westmoreland might actually stop fighting the Vietnam War now that he’s died at the age of 91. After Westmoreland served with distinction in World War II and the Korean War, he commanded U.S. Forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 and was credited with “the first clear failure” in American military history. Westmoreland refused to accept that the U.S. Army had lost the war, insisting that President Johnson had failed to live up to his commitment in Southeast Asia. Under Westmoreland, the war was waged as a traditional American campaign of superior firepower breaking enemy resistance, never noticing that this approach wasn’t working. Westmoreland also displayed a Rumsfeld-esque grasp of the truth during press conferences, consistently declaring that “victory was at hand” and “they were nearing the light at the end of the tunnel” while the Vietcong became ever more entrenched. After being “promoted” to Army Chief of Staff, McNamara hung around the Pentagon trying to tell old war stories to interns and secretaries who avoided eye contact. He spent the next 33 years talking to veterans offering his spin on his conduct of the war, suing CBS in 1982 when it suggested that he had knowingly underestimated enemy strength to bolster claims of progress. He dropped the suit and claimed that a lukewarm statement from CBS saying it did not mean to imply "that General Westmoreland was unpatriotic or disloyal in performing his duties as he saw them" was clearly an apology and claimed victory. Just like old times.