{"id":32951,"date":"2025-07-29T17:24:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/2025\/07\/29\/dejeuner-avec-le-general-william-westmoreland\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:05:21","slug":"dejeuner-avec-le-general-william-westmoreland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/fr\/2025\/07\/29\/dejeuner-avec-le-general-william-westmoreland\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9jeuner avec le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral William Westmoreland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div style=\"text-align:right;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-small button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span 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style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"257\" alt=\"Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral William Westmoreland (retrait\u00e9 de l&#039;arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine) en couverture du magazine Newsweek\" title=\"Westmoreland Newsweek\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Westmoreland-Newsweek.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-21744\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>D\u00e9jeuner avec le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral William Westmoreland<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-dotted\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#005b8c;border-color:#005b8c;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1372.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 awb-text-cols fusion-text-columns-2\" style=\"--awb-columns:2;--awb-column-spacing:2em;--awb-column-min-width:100px;\"><p><div id=\"attachment_21898\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21898\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17932\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Westmoreland_Newsweek_feat.jpg\" alt=\"Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral William Westmoreland apr\u00e8s avoir poursuivi CBS pour diffamation\" width=\"190\" height=\"131\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-21898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral William Westmoreland apr\u00e8s avoir poursuivi CBS pour diffamation<\/p><\/div>\n<span class=\"fusion-dropcap dropcap\">I<\/span>n juin 1968, alors que j&rsquo;\u00e9tais en formation de base, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral William Westmoreland a \u00e9t\u00e9 expuls\u00e9 par le pr\u00e9sident Johnson. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 promu de son poste de commandant de nos troupes au Vi\u00eat Nam \u00e0 celui de chef d&rsquo;\u00e9tat-major de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e de terre.  J&rsquo;ai particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une r\u00e9union avec lui et d&rsquo;autres personnes au Pentagone lorsqu&rsquo;on a pens\u00e9 qu&rsquo;une question pourrait \u00eatre pos\u00e9e au sujet du syst\u00e8me Safeguard Anti-Ballistic Missile System (syst\u00e8me de protection contre les missiles balistiques).<\/p>\n<p>J&rsquo;\u00e9tais tir\u00e9 d&rsquo;affaire et le seul sujet dont je me souviens avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 abord\u00e9 ce jour-l\u00e0 \u00e9tait le fusil M16. \u00c0 Fort Leonard Wood, j&rsquo;avais \u00e9t\u00e9 form\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;utilisation du M14, bien que le M16, plus moderne, ait \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9 au Vi\u00eat Nam depuis quelques ann\u00e9es. Tout ce dont je me souviens de la discussion entre Westmoreland et les autres personnes pr\u00e9sentes, c&rsquo;est qu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agissait d&rsquo;un progr\u00e8s de doter le M16 d&rsquo;une poign\u00e9e pour qu&rsquo;il soit plus facile \u00e0 transporter que le M14. Le sujet du jour \u00e9tait peut-\u00eatre li\u00e9 \u00e0 la d\u00e9signation officielle, en 1969, du M16A pour remplacer le M14 en tant que fusil de service standard de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine.   <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21742\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21742\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16211\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16.jpg\" alt=\"M-14 et M-16\" width=\"1080\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16-200x88.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16-400x177.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16-600x265.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16-800x353.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/M-14-and-M-16.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M-14 et M-16<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ce n&rsquo;est que lorsque Westmoreland et moi-m\u00eame avons pris notre retraite de l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e que je l&rsquo;ai recrois\u00e9. En 1985, j&rsquo;\u00e9tais avocat g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de United Press International. UPI venait de d\u00e9m\u00e9nager son si\u00e8ge de Nashville \u00e0 Washington, D.C., mais je faisais fr\u00e9quemment la navette entre notre domicile de Nashville et la capitale nationale. Ces d\u00e9placements \u00e9taient le r\u00e9sultat du d\u00e9p\u00f4t de bilan d&rsquo;UPI au tribunal f\u00e9d\u00e9ral Prettyman du District. Lors d&rsquo;un de mes voyages \u00e0 Washington pour UPI, j&rsquo;ai organis\u00e9 un d\u00e9jeuner au Hilton downtown avec une amie journaliste de Chicago, Eleanor Randolph. Elle avait quitt\u00e9 le <em>Chicago Tribune<\/em> et travaillait alors pour le <em>Washington Post.<\/em> Nous avions commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 d\u00e9jeuner dans la salle \u00e0 manger du Hilton lorsque j&rsquo;ai remarqu\u00e9 que le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Westmoreland \u00e9tait entr\u00e9 seul dans la salle. Il attendait d&rsquo;\u00eatre assis par le ma\u00eetre d&rsquo;h\u00f4tel. Eleanor m&rsquo;a imm\u00e9diatement dit qu&rsquo;elle allait lui demander de se joindre \u00e0 nous.       <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21743\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21743\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16215\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Eleanor-Randolph.jpg\" alt=\"Eleanor Randolph\" width=\"189\" height=\"191\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-21743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eleanor Randolph<\/p><\/div>\n<p>J&rsquo;ai trouv\u00e9 cela plus que pr\u00e9somptueux de sa part, mais alors qu&rsquo;elle se levait pour aller le chercher, elle a mentionn\u00e9 qu&rsquo;elle le connaissait parce qu&rsquo;elle avait couvert son proc\u00e8s en diffamation contre CBS qui venait de s&rsquo;achever \u00e0 New York.<\/p>\n<p>En 1982, CBS avait diffus\u00e9 un documentaire intitul\u00e9 <em>The Uncounted Enemy : A Vietnam Deception<\/em>. Westmoreland avait poursuivi CBS pour 120 millions de dollars pour l&rsquo;avoir diffam\u00e9. Il affirmait que CBS avait faussement d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il avait d\u00e9form\u00e9 \u00e0 ses sup\u00e9rieurs les estimations des renseignements sur la force de l&rsquo;ennemi pour des raisons politiques. Comme beaucoup d&rsquo;autres, j&rsquo;avais suivi le proc\u00e8s et je savais que la plainte venait d&rsquo;\u00eatre r\u00e9gl\u00e9e. Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Westmoreland avait d\u00e9cid\u00e9 brusquement de mettre fin \u00e0 l&rsquo;affaire apr\u00e8s 18 semaines, juste avant qu&rsquo;elle ne passe devant le jury. J&rsquo;\u00e9tais \u00e9galement conscient du fait que l&rsquo;un des t\u00e9moins cl\u00e9s contre lui \u00e9tait son ancien chef des services de renseignement au Vietnam, le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Joseph A. McChristian.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21813\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21813\" class=\"wp-image-16840 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/R-Joseph_A._McChristian_3-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Joseph A. McChristian\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/R-Joseph_A._McChristian_3-200x255.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/R-Joseph_A._McChristian_3-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/R-Joseph_A._McChristian_3-400x509.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/R-Joseph_A._McChristian_3-600x764.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wbowe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/R-Joseph_A._McChristian_3.jpg 655w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Joseph A. McChristian<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Il s&rsquo;agit du m\u00eame Joseph McChristian sous lequel j&rsquo;ai travaill\u00e9 lorsqu&rsquo;il \u00e9tait le chef du renseignement de Westmoreland au Pentagone. Ils ont peut-\u00eatre travaill\u00e9 en \u00e9troite collaboration pendant des ann\u00e9es, mais je suis s\u00fbr qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;y a pas eu d&rsquo;amour perdu entre eux \u00e0 la suite du t\u00e9moignage pr\u00e9judiciable de McChristian au proc\u00e8s.<\/p>\n<p>Dans l&rsquo;ensemble, c&rsquo;\u00e9tait certainement la conversation la plus int\u00e9ressante que j&rsquo;ai eue au d\u00e9jeuner depuis que je travaille \u00e0 l&rsquo;UPI. Nous avons discut\u00e9 de l&rsquo;actualit\u00e9, du proc\u00e8s et de questions relatives \u00e0 l&rsquo;arm\u00e9e. Il m&rsquo;a sembl\u00e9 que Westmoreland devait penser qu&rsquo;il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 trait\u00e9 \u00e9quitablement dans les articles qu&rsquo;Eleanor avait publi\u00e9s depuis New York pour le <em>Washington Post.<\/em> Au vu de leurs fian\u00e7ailles, un observateur aurait m\u00eame pu penser qu&rsquo;ils \u00e9taient de vrais amis, plut\u00f4t que d&rsquo;anciennes connaissances professionnelles qui \u00e9taient amicales, mais toujours un peu m\u00e9fiantes l&rsquo;une envers l&rsquo;autre. <\/p>\n<p>Quant \u00e0 moi, je n&rsquo;ai pas manqu\u00e9 l&rsquo;occasion de mentionner \u00e0 Westmoreland que j&rsquo;avais travaill\u00e9 sous la direction de McChristian. Toutefois, compte tenu du caract\u00e8re manifestement d\u00e9licat du sujet, je n&rsquo;ai pas vu de raison d&rsquo;approfondir les d\u00e9tails de leur relation au fil des ans, m\u00eame si cela m&rsquo;aurait int\u00e9ress\u00e9 d&rsquo;entendre ses r\u00e9ponses. Westmoreland est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 20 ans apr\u00e8s ce d\u00e9jeuner, en 2005, et Eleanor a quitt\u00e9 le<em> Washington Post <\/em>pour le <em>New York Times<\/em>, dont elle a fait partie pendant un certain temps du comit\u00e9 \u00e9ditorial.<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:right;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-small button-custom fusion-button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#105378;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#105378;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#105378;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/wbowe.com\/fr\/2025\/08\/07\/chapitre-2-devenir-conseiller-general\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Chapitre suivant<\/span><i class=\"fa-angle-double-right fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:40px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-dotted\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:#005b8c;border-color:#005b8c;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1154,1150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1-emeutes-et-fusees-army-days","category-riots-and-rockets-menu-principal-navigation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D\u00e9jeuner avec le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral William Westmoreland - William J. 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