[Richard Axtell]

Hackworth seems to be just a hair this side of Scott Ritter in his support for the "War on Terrorism". He should join Scheer in Britain and write a book about his fantasies surrounding the Jessica Lynch rescue and how everything Bush does regarding the WOT is a conspiracy to support either Israel, or the Bin Laden family, or both. But, that would be contradictory, wouldn't it? Perfect, for Michael Moore, since he probably needs a script writer, or a comedy writer for his upcoming fiction/fraud film.

Reading Hackworth is always a guessing game, of sorts. Is he suggesting that his old buddies the Viet Cong armed with RPG's would be a better model for our millitary than our high tech, heavily armed, Rumsfeld doctrine forces of today? Did he overlook the minor little fact that Iraqi LOST this war in a matter of three weeks? And that was done with an almost unprecidentedly low rate of colateral damage and non combatat deaths via a planned and deliberate policy of avoiding civilian casualties as often as was possible? Could it be that ANYTHING ANYONE EVER DID regarding the military is suspect in his eyes, because he wasn't asked to consult? Hackworth, the Egowarrior!

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

Would it be so hard to believe that the Pentagon is covering up how Lynch was raped morning to night (as a possible example of what could have happened) and had her limbs broken repeatedly as a method of torture so the American public wouldn't be swayed against having women in combat?

I heard, as probably many of you heard, that Lynch was the only carrying on the fight after the ambush because the others didn't maintain their weapons properly and they jammed. That would be another reason to cover up what happened.