US Presidency
1967

Do you believe they are counting, sir, on your defeat next November? THE PRESIDENT. I think that Hanoi feels that if they can hold out long enough, that they will not win a military victory against General Westmoreland. They haven't done that. They can't point to one single victory they won from our Marines, or from our Air, or from our Navy, or from our Army. They think, though, that they can repeat what happened to them with the French; that if their will is strong and they continue to remain firm, that they will develop enough sympathy and understanding in this country, and hatred for war in this country, that their will will outlast our will. I don't think that is true. I think in due time, if our people will understand and recognize what is happening, I think they will help me prove it is not true. MR. SCHERER. Mr.