True. And his accomplishments there were extraordinary...Battlefield commision leading to field grade officer..etc.
This is no ROTC dude or armchair QB playing war-games like so many who have never been in the military proclaim.
The central point is that that his disagreement with Rummy is shared by many in the military...general officers included....Yet any disagreement with Rumsfeld is viewed as heresy by most on this thread.
It seems naive to place the mantle of such perfection on our Sec. Defence....There isn't a field commander or Sec. Defence...alive or dead... who hasn't made mistakes....And there is nothing wrong with adjusting battle plan to conditions.There are too many lemmings in FR who see Rumsfeld in God-like perfection...This isn't reality. Alternately, I agree Mr. Hackworth is self absorbed and has his own bag of bones to hide.
Have a nice day.