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He's like many really old military people - they'd rather see terrorists strike civilians than to see the military be risked in combat.

When you're in the military for a very long time, you consider that to almost be your family, and you start thinking of civilians as something of an opponent - you don't care if they get killed or not, and in fact, might want to see them dead. Better them than your surogate family, soldiers.

He's on Fox a lot as a consultant, and he almost always argues with the other, younger military consultants.

Anyway, no one wants the military to throw their lives away needlessly. Long time military types need to realize we're all on the same side, and it's not like we're asking them to just die for our entertainment. We are in a war, here.

Every war brings suffering to all sides. Iraq has to go because they have the facilities to produce WMD. The nut case running Iraq will think nothing of giving Al Queda access to them to spite the USA. I can understand the reasoning of cutting the supply line first. Chasing after small terrorist groups will take time but persistence will win in the end. Concentrate on destroying their supply bases and keep them constantly on the run breathing down their necks. The tactics being developed behind closed doors in the Pentagon are not privy to just anyone or any retired colonel on demand. What is Hackworths need to know?
I don't think the leaks are coming out as much as they did when the former POTUS ruled the roost.

A problem that most Americans have that clouds any judgement about terrorism or warfare is the lack of any experience on our home territory. The sniper attacks show that the population is unready for the horrors of violence that terrorism would bring. Many veterans have seen it and the destruction that it brings. They, as a rule, are far more serious and deliberative in reaching a decision to justify warfare.

Any serious person realizes our unpreparedness to defend our own country is a serious problem that is being ignored. Other threads have shown criticism of ranchers on our southern borders for protecting their property because our government is not doing it. We will defend our borders before this all plays out. The real question is how many attacks will it require before we get enough violence to wake up as a nation? If you want to go to war with Iraq, you should take care of the unfinished business with Al Qaeda and defend yourself.

He's on Fox a lot as a consultant, and he almost always argues with the other, younger military consultants.

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The problem with the younger military consultants is that they have never had grit combat or even military experience.