Gen. Westmoreland, Dead

The Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does the Westerner. Life is cheap in the Orient.

--William C. Westmoreland, Hearts and Minds

UPDATE: The Post obit, which is a hell of a lot more balanced than the Times', runs this graf:

Coming home at Johnson's request to defend the Vietnam policy in 1967, he made the mistake of calling the critics "unpatriotic." Antiwar congressmen loudly objected, and Westmoreland, chastened, went before a joint session of Congress, gave U.S. fighting men a stirring tribute and ended by snapping no fewer than five salutes at the lawmakers, bringing down the house.

Pace Dylan, some things never change.