"President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone"

This quote by William Westmoreland is describing President Johnson's position on the Vietnam War. President Johnson did not want the war to expand beyond the borders of Vietnam, and he desired the North Vietnamese to stop interfering in the affairs of the South Vietnamese. He wanted the North Vietnamese to respect the autonomy of the South Vietnamese and to leave them alone. President Johnson thought that the North Vietnamese should not be permitted to impose their will on the South Vietnamese, and he wanted to avoid the war from escalating even more. He wished to keep the status quo and keep the war included within the borders of Vietnam. President Johnson's position on the Vietnam War was among containment and non-interference.