IT’S considered bad form to speak ill of the dead, but I must make an exception regarding US Army General William Westmoreland, who passed away at the age of 91 on July 18.

GENERAL William Westmoreland, who commanded US troops in the Vietnam War, has died aged 91.

Retired Gen William Westmoreland, who commanded American troops in the Vietnam War – the nation’s longest conflict and the only war America lost – has died at age 91.

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