[elli1]

In 1971, as the Army's youngest colonel he spoke out on national television saying, ''This is a bad war ... it can't be won we need to get out.''

Wow. I'm underwhelmed. Here's a little refresher on VN war history:

Nov 1960--Kennedy elected

1961--400 US 'advisors' in VietNam

1962--1200 US 'advisors' in VietNam

1963 15,000 US personnel in VietNam; Kennedy assassinated; LBJohnson assumes presidency

1964--23,000 US troops in VietNam; Johnson elected

1965--200,000 US troops in VietNam

1966--400,000 US troops in VietNam

1967--almost 500,000 US troops in VietNam

1968--540,000 US troops in VietNam; Nixon elected

1969--480,000 US troops in VietNam

1970--280,000 US troops in VietNam

1971--Hackworth gazes into his crystal ball & declares that VN war 'can't be won' and that the US 'need[s] to get out'

1971--140,000 US troop in VietNam

[piasa]

Now that is revealing. It seems he had his crystal ball relevations about the time our good friends John Kerry and Ramsey Clarke did.

[piasa]

Now that is revealing. It seems he had his crystal ball revelations about the time our good friends John Kerry and Ramsey Clarke did.