We’ve Danced This Dance Before (Quagmire alert)

SFTT.Org ^ | 2/14/05 | David Hackworth

[pissant]

Guess 'ol Hack will be screaming "quagmire" even when the build the sttue of GWB in Downtown Baghdad.

[zarf]

It's sad to see so many of these old farts stuck in the Vietnam tar pits.

Like a bunch of old fuddy duddies shaking their fists and cursing the kids rock and roll music, they are out of touch and out of their minds.

[Darkwolf377]

"comparable to the intel incorrectly linking Saddam to 9/11 "

What in the hell is he talking about? Hasn't he learned yet that no one but the already-Kool-Aided buys this particular lie? Bush never made this claim.

[GW and Twins Pawpaw]

Well, GWB may get a statue in Baghdad but Col. Hackworth for sure WON'T get one!!! I guess I'm just a dumb ninny but I cannot fathom how these guys keep up the illusion that Saddam was somehow linked to 9-11. I have not seen ANYTHING to support such an assertion.

[WarPaint]

This is sad. There was a time I liked and respected Hack, even met him. Hack's ego trips him up everytime.

[Enchante]

"The hard truth is that it takes a good 10 years to build an army from the ground up"


Guess we didn't have an army in WWII, 'cause we certainly didn't have much of one in 1940 and WWII ended in 1945....

[MEG33]

Hackworth is so over.

[Adrastus]

I guess that's what happens when you start believing your own press. Pity.

[bubman]

CNN loves this guy.

I guess he must be wrong!!!

[logician2u]

Bush never made this claim.

That may be so, but I am pretty certain Cheney did, as have quite a few here on this forum, as recently as last night.

[Dilbert56]

"Hack" seems like such an appropriate name for him.

[BullDog108]

That may be so, but I am pretty certain Cheney did, as have quite a few here on this forum, as recently as last night.

Source?

[mountainlyons]

Vietnam was turned around and the Vietcong had lost most of their stuff in tet68 until they found an ace in the hole with Jane Fonda and turncoat Kerry!!

[Billthedrill]

Hack better take a look in the mirror, because it isn't just the government that's telling the same old stories. Iraq doesn't need a frontline army, it needs a professional security force to deal with indigenous malcontents and well-funded foreigners.

Iraq is not Vietnam. In Vietnam we had an enemy supported by Cold War superpowers who enjoyed both sanctuary and supply lines running through nominally neutral countries. One Vietnam lesson that we did learn was that it is a wise policy that sanctuary can only be offered to terrorists at the risk of the host nation's government. That is, actually, what Iraq was all about.

[SandRat]

Hack's a HACK!

[hinckley buzzard]

Lieutenant Colonel Hackworth is just bitter because, with all his medals, he was passed over for full colonel and retired without his eagle.

He apparently is somewhat unbalanced, having launched unprovoked attacks against fellow vets and national figures generally, venting personal spleen in the guise of his military expertise.

[DTogo]

Hack should change his website to:

STFU.org

[armymarinemom]

Hack should change his website to:

Thank you. As a mom I shouldn't say that but I sure was thinking it.

[logician2u]

What do you want, documentation?

I only expressed my recollection. I'm not a Google machine. GMAB.

[SandRat]

....Hackworth is just bitter because, with all his medals, he was passed over for full colonel and retired without his eagle.

We used to say these guys had been passed over so many times they had a stiff neck from the breeze.