Posted on 05/12/2005 7:50:07 AM PDT by SuzyQ2
David Hackworth a legend in his own mind.
Got that right. I never saw such hypocratical dribble and fawning of what a great hero he was on the thread when he died, from the same people that critisized him as being an idiot. He served nobally at one time for this country, then spit on his heroics, threw away his metals (gee who does that sound like? Oh yeah that great war hero John Kerry) and took up the liberal cause by always trashing the military and Bush's successful war on terror. I never understood how past heriocs in noble service to this country becomes a lifetime passport for being a pathetic @sshole! Sorry Hack, but good riddence!
I wondered why he's not been on TV lately.
I don't know why, but I approve.
I know quite a few folks who thought he was largely a product of slick advertising and self promotion during his Vietnam years. I am not being critical of his service or his championing of troops! I appreciate that, but the evolution into this critic of the military industrial complex WAS stuck in the 1960's. I remember the first Gulf war in '91 where he predicted the biggest proportional bloodbath for America since the Alamo. I knew then that he was (as the Charlie Daniels song goes) Still in Saigon. He forgot that all the young officers from 'Nam who were disgusted by that conflict then, were suddenly in charge and determined to DO IT RIGHT. When the massacre he predicted did not in fact come to pass, he was left with egg on his face. Did he learn from this? Uh-uh. He continued to make the same dire predictions as if he were the only voice in the wilderness with the strategic and tactical savvy to conduct war.
Once again, please do not make the assumption that I am anti-Hackworth because he lived a good and righteous life and he fought and sacrificed under the most horrific conditions imaginable. I just disagree with some of his more obstinate positions.
Don't even mention Hackworth and Kerry in the same paragraph ... let alone make a comparison. Kerry is a self aggrandizing POS ... Hack, in contrast, is real bonafide American military hero. You might not always agree with his position on issues but to denigrate Hack serves no purpose ... he stands tall among men.
Well put.
Hackworth had a trouble with identifying the 'enemy'. He rightly tagged some senior military officials as 'perfumed princes', but then turns right around and supports....Gen. Wesley Clark for President. I mean, c'mon Hack, Clark's picture is in the dictionary right next to the definition of 'perfumed prince'! Hack talked a good game but in the end he didn't put his money where his mouth was.
OTOH, Hack did care for the welfare of the troops, and he rightly deserves credit for that.
That & Hackworth's reaction afterwards said alot about what Hack was about.
...and as we all know all tall men throw away their metals for heroics away and belittle the service that made them tall in the first place. Trying to remember when REAL heros like Audey Murphy and Alvin York did the exact same thing.
I've read most of Hack's books ... the reason he resigned from the Army, tossed his medals, and moved to Australia was over his frustration with the conduct of the war in Vietnam. The U.S. wasn't fighting the war to win, it had turned into a protracted quagmire and good men were dying needlessly.
Didn't he say Dubya should be charged with treason when memo gate was going on? I lost respect for him then.
You know I'm sorry, but this is the same lame ass excuses that John Kerry used. "I don't like the military, but I'm a hero, so I can critisize the military!" Bottom line: You don't degrade the military after your out when there are brave men dying fighting for the cause you spit on! There are not too many people in the military that are happy with the way its run. But they keep their mouth shut! Its only the Pre-Madonnas that think that because of their medals or heroics it gives them the right to bad mouth the mistakes. Screw Kerry! Screw Hack! And screw anyone else who thinks that his "bling" makes him superior to everyone else that serves!
Which was zero. The only one responsible for Boordas' suicide was Boorda.
Yeah, thats what "Hack" said, too.
But then he couldn't even bring himself to admit his smear of Boorda was based on a falsehood after it became widely known.
...and bad Johnny Cash impersonator!
You earn 9! Silver Stars and I'll put up with you're ego, too.
Rest in peace soldier. Thanks for everything.
I refer you to replies # 6
"I appreciate that, but the evolution into this critic of the military industrial complex WAS stuck in the 1960's. I remember the first Gulf war in '91 where he predicted the biggest proportional bloodbath for America since the Alamo. I knew then that he was (as the Charlie Daniels song goes) Still in Saigon. He forgot that all the young officers from 'Nam who were disgusted by that conflict then, were suddenly in charge and determined to DO IT RIGHT. When the massacre he predicted did not in fact come to pass, he was left with egg on his face. Did he learn from this? Uh-uh. He continued to make the same dire predictions as if he were the only voice in the wilderness with the strategic and tactical savvy to conduct war."
#9
" Hackworth had a trouble with identifying the 'enemy'. He rightly tagged some senior military officials as 'perfumed princes', but then turns right around and supports....Gen. Wesley Clark for President. I mean, c'mon Hack, Clark's picture is in the dictionary right next to the definition of 'perfumed prince'! Hack talked a good game but in the end he didn't put his money where his mouth was."
#10
"Its not possible to characterize Hackworth's career in the media without mentioning his role in the suicide of Admiral Jeremy Boorda."
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Posted on 03/22/2005 6:43:57 PM CST by SwinneySwitch
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1368360/posts
I'm sorry he's dead, and I honor those medals he won, BUT he read and believed his press clipping.
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