Stuck in the Quicksand (Hackworth Article Poor Timing Alert)

SFTT.Org ^ | April 1, 2003 | David H. Hackworth

[Conservababe]

Hackworth is as wrong as all those retired generals that have been whining about the impending doom of our forces. They have no credibility left and ought to just shut their pie holes.

Rummy mentioned, in his sweet unassuming way, that the retired generals should indeed shut their mouths. Afterwards, on Fox rountable, there was a discussion of this and the pensions that the Generals might lose for critizing the war.

Hmmm, is it possible for a pension to be taken from a General for such?

[EaglesUpForever]

I guess if we don't have zero losses, zero civilian casualties (not so much as an injured baby Goat), and the whole opposing country cheering a warm welcome within 24 hours, it's a "hopeless quagmire dwarfing Viet Nam."

[Severa]

He still has a regular column in the Navy Times. I try not to read it because he irritates the hell out of me.

[dead]

One thing he said that I laughed at was that our soldiers "do not have a place to change into their gear".

We need to develop some "cammo cabanas" for our shy boys.

[Thorondir]

I have been finished with HackWorthless for a long time. He had his day. Now he is just blowing it out his a$$ to get attention.

[tubebender]

I saw Tom DeLay call them "Blow Dried Napoleons" today. ( referring to all the hasbeens on TV)

[Mark Hamilton]

I'm glad Hackworth retired sometime ago. Its unfortunate when observers, once considered innovative, become fossilized in their "lessons" from previous wars.

Ironically, I was once in the "we did it all wrong" camp and advocated overwhelming force, forgeting that that what we really need are victory stratgies, regardless of the approach.

In Vietnam we did rely too much on technology, air support, and piecemeal committment WITHOUT a victory strategy- all wrong for the era. But Hackworth has not changed with the times. We have replaced the diffuse, slowly applied, firepower with speed, manuver, and pin-point destruction.

In Vietnam we fought to destroy their will to fight, but never dared cross their borders or approach their capital to destroy their means. We were unable to find their forces when they chose not to fight, they had santuary in Laos and Cambodia. And the will to fight of our own allies was always compromised by our indifferent results and collatoral civilan damage.

There will be a war someday when we need eight, or ten, or twenty divisions - but this is not one of them. If Hackworth believes that we underestimated the enemys will to fight or tactics, then it only proves how strong the war plan was; i.e. we are winning anyway at record speed.

Of course, it is Hackworth that does not understand. Four more divisions would have been irrelevant to city holdouts - unless the purpose is to make them Que' (way). There will to fight is now irrelevant, because our combat power is destroying their means.

Hackworth is showing his age, it may be time for him to retire from public life as well.

[hotpotato]

Oh NO! It's... IRAQ QUICKSAND!

Ruuuunn... Hackworth! Ruuuuunn!

[PJ-Comix]

This article will hopefully shut him up and get him out of the public eye or he is gonna end up being a genuine laughing stock.

This article already has made Hack a laughingstock. A Doom & Gloom article coming out on the day the Coalition Forces capture Saddam International Airport 10 miles from downtown Baghdad sure isn't a way to establish your credibility as a serious prognosticator.

[SamiGirl]

Yo, Col. Hack, sit down and shut up. You're obsolete.

[1poedpatriot]

McCaffrey is a clintonista, and hack is gettin old, maybe senile, desperate to get hits on his website, c'mon Hack has this campaign really "failed ", this is a big time ass whoopin' with a temporary slow down due to 3rd armor moving way too fast for the logistics to keep up !!!! yeeeeeeeeeeesh !

[Billthedrill]

Sad. Truly sad - the guy has paid his dues, but sometimes that just isn't enough. Time, I think, for this old soldier to do some fading away.

[Swampmarine]

Retired Air Force LGEN McInerney on FOX has been right on the money for several weeks now. He was never one of the naysayers, called the plan brilliant early, and has been supportive and positive since day one. I always had the feeling that he was just a little better tuned-in than the rest of them. Maybe that's why he got three stars.

[Mr. Mojo]

Hackworthless is spewing his garbage on Larry King right now.

[Swampmarine]

Retired Air Force LGEN McInerney on FOX has been right on the money for several weeks now. He was never one of the naysayers, called the plan brilliant early, and has been supportive and positive since day one. I always had the feeling that he was just a little better tuned-in than the rest of them. Maybe that's why he got three stars.

[Mr. Mojo]

Hackworthless is spewing his garbage on Larry King right now.

[Conservababe]

Hack is not going to fade away as he has a new cause now. He will show up again babbling about all the diseases that the troops have from Gulf II.

He must have some money to back him from somewhere and someone.

As Rush says, always look for the money trail.

[PJ-Comix]

We need to develop some "cammo cabanas" for our shy boys.

Several years ago I was traveling and working myself around the country. To save expenses I started camping out and really enjoyed it. I called my mother long distance soon afterwards and let her know that I cut expenses by camping out in the countryside. I'll never forget my mother's response which reminds me of Hack's comment:

"But...but where do you go to the bathroom?"

[Norse]

>Hackworth is delusional and stupid --- A loser through and through. ....(with a bad Roman faggot haircut).

Hold on now, that's being a little harsh toward the man. He's an American hero...but as people get old, like he is, the mind starts to shrink, especially in males. Remember that...