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General William C. Westmoreland

1914 - 2005


“Well the Oriental, doesn’t put the same high price on life, as does the Westerner. Life is plentiful, life is cheap in the Orient. And ah, … as the, … ah, philosophy of the Orient, ah, expresses it, ah, life is, ah, … not important” (General Westmoreland, as quoted in the 1974 documentary film Hearts and Minds)


Mourning (Image from graveyard in Vietnam, as shown in Hearts and Minds)

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2 Responses to “General William C. Westmoreland”

  1. Eric Says:
    July 20th, 2005 at 07:18

    Billmon has rather an incredible set of quotes here.

  2. Deep Blade Says:
    July 20th, 2005 at 07:26

    R.I.P, General.