Posted on 12/02/2003 10:16:18 AM PST by Tribune7
George Bush hit the mark when he visited our troops in Iraq on Turkey Day. He's the Main Man, and his daring and dangerous trip told our warriors he cared and was with them all the way.
Commanders – and especially the commander in chief – inspire soldiers, and it's their duty to beat feet to the front whenever they can. But not senior staff weenie wannabe-warriors back in the rear with all the gear – straphangers who are into cluttering up battlefields such as Iraq mainly for the braggin' rights.
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I think the Muslim prohibition against swine would not allow such a transaction to take place.
Miracle nothing. Last time this happened, three wise men rode in from the east!
I confess to having a tectonic shake, too. Hackworth? And ME?1? On the same bandwitdh???
Egads, I hate that expression "Turkey Day"!
It's an insult to the very meaning of the holiday, which is certainly not to celebrate turkeys or even celebrate eating them. It also dilutes the real meaning, much like saying "Have a Happy Holiday" instead of saying "Merry Christmas!".
Hackworth is a turkey for saying it that way, as is everybody else who does it.
It's a Christmas miracle!
No, he's back on his meds.
I was stunned and infuriated when self-described military hero Colonel David Hackworth attacked me in the press.He accused me not only of "ersatz" heroism but of having spilled my guts to the enemy while in captivity--without any substantiating information to back up his claim. I didn't mind people speaking their piece, but Hackworth had sent letters to the editors of my hometown newspapers in both Clarkville, Tennessee, and Berlin, New Hampshire.
I had no idea what had spurred this very personal attack, but I was infuriated. At the time, had I run into him, I would have choked him. I responded to his rantings with my own letter to the editor, wondering why a man who considered himself a fine example of military leadership would chastise a fellow soldier in public, and challenged him to debate the issue. Shortly afterward, I received a postcard from Hackworth, claiming that he "didn't have the time" to discuss it with me. I was furious. He clearly had the time to rip me apart in public, but not to face me man-to-man.
Yet when things like this happened, I could only assume that some men could only bolster their self-worth by diminishing the deeds of others. I did not consider myself a hero, just a soldier who had done his best under difficult circumstances. Most of the true heroes I had ever known were dead. The rest of us were just survivors with medals.
Hackworth ALWAYS tries to view the world from the vantage point of the common soldier...which has sometimes gotten him into 'trouble' with some.
He has earned the right to speak out...(unlike many).
redrock
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