David Hackworth & his wife Eilhys England Hackworth
And what do you want to bet his choice of candidate for 2004 is is the flip-floppin' anti-war-except-for-when-he's-called-a-hero F'n Kerry? They had something in common back in 1971 and they still do in 2004.
After almost five years in Vietnam Hack's cup runneth over. 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." In that interview, he also said that the North Vietnamese flag would fly over Saigon in four years -- a prediction that turned out to be right on target. He was the only senior officer to sound off about the insanity of the war.