Kendall

=General Westmoreland by Kendall=


 * //Interview://** //**Why is Westmoreland asking for more men in Vietnam?**//

The decision to call for more men in Vietnam is not a rash or illogical decision; I assure you ‘[this] war is not a stalemate. We are winning, slowly but steadily’ (Time). The United States did not get pulled into Vietnam to lose. We are there to do a job, and be successful doing it. The public declares that Vietnam does not need any more men, believing that too many men are dying. This is a war. If we want our soldiers home sooner than later, we need more men at the moment to get our job done. I will quote President Lyndon Johnson when I say that the United States of American will “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression.” Declaring men is a necessary measure we need to take if we want to prevent further aggression from Vietnam. I assure you that with the ample amount of men in Vietnam, the US army is sure to defeat any battle against the Viet Cong; strategically we are stronger but the lack of men and territorial expansion are holding us back. I ask for your support of the Vietnam cause; “The job isn't over yet and unless it was beyond my control, I have never left any job that I hadn't finished. I have no intention of breaking that rule now." – we can, and we will prevail. Let me inform you that the domino effect will take place if the United States does not step in – communism is an oppressive and terrible form of government that //will// take over if we do not prevail in Vietnam. Slowly but surely, if we take our troops out of Vietnam, Communism will spread throughout Eurasia, and eventually reach the United States. We cannot let our national security be threatened by an oppressive form of government.


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