army vietnam and when general craig abrams arrived to be the deputy to westmoreland in may of this year general palmer told him he really had basic disagreements with westy about how we are doing it and later general palmer elaborated on those views in an interview with journalist mark perry saying it was just a mess. we were losing and trying to put it together and it just wasn't working. there wasn't anything that was working. in late summer 1967 ambassador ellsworth bunker submitted this assessment. we have a long way to go. the country is still in d.c. hands. the enemy can show our bases and commit acts of terrorism in secure areas. units known large-scale attacks most of the populace has still not actively committed itself to the government and d.c. infrastructure still exists throughout the country. that was what westmoreland had to show for three years in command of u.s. forces. by the end of 1967, nicholas katzenbach, a grim sense of siege was descending on the white house. even general william the duke, architect -- approach to the war admitted that it was a losing concept of o