 U.S. decisions at Khâm Đức at a higher command level may have been influenced by the events of Battle of Khe Sanh in 1968, which were subjected to intense media comparison with the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, and the clash of operational thinking between General Westmoreland and senior USMC generals.If there was any lesson to be learned by General Westmoreland and other U.S. commanders, the battle of Khâm Đức showed that "air power was not a cure-all".The command and control system of the U.S. Air Force during the ordeal was imperfect, as demonstrated by the "blunders involving the combat control teams".