Please FReep Hannity Radio Show. He's listing to Hack again!

Hannity on ABC radio ^ | 03/17/03 | Hannity

[W04Man]

I can't believe Hannity is allowing Col Hackworth (Ret) to run down the Active Duty Military again. Talking about some devective "protective gear", if you get my drift. Why would he continue to spew out all this crap that will be swollowed up by our enemies? Why doesn't Hannity get the story from the Active Duty people? If there really is a problem, why give the info to our enemy?????

[honway]

Please see #98

[sit-rep]

I'm trying to get to the site you linked to. won't load.

I'll do a little research here and get back with ya. I got an e-mail into Hack. We'll see what he has to say also.

SR

[sit-rep]

BTW, I think your link to Boorda is dead wrong concerning Hackworth.

SR

[joesbucks]

I guess I don't get it. Why is someone a hack if they don't agree lock, stock and barrel with attacking Sadam. Frankly, I do believe Hackworth is a Hack. ALWAYS has been, but we celebrated him during the Clinton administration. But there are those who voice legitimate reasons for not taking action at this time.

[honway]

I think your link to Boorda is dead wrong concerning Hackworth.

I am not sure what you mean. It is clear Hackworth propagated a false claim that Admiral Boorda did not earn the right to wear the "V" device on his Vietnam Service ribbon, even after the Vietnam era CNO went on national TV and stated emphatically that Admiral Boorda earned the right to wear the "V" device.

[honway]

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/borda.htm

But four months ago, Dalton put in Boorda's service record a letter from Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., who was chief of naval operations during the war, acknowledging the admiral was entitled to wear the Combat Vs.

[sit-rep]

I do not remember the exact sequence of events back then, but if I do recall a certain portion of it correctly, Clinton appointed Boorda for something, or awarded him something and that is when Hack accused him of being a slacker. Now, if wee all remember the Clinton years, natuarally Clinton would find someone to rufute the bogus claim...right??

I do remember the suicide...ya, two shots to the chest. I can see where you'd implicate Hackworth for that. That has always been his style. Push someone till they commit suicide.

[sit-rep]

Are you prior service? If you were in the heat of it, would you approve of someone, no matter who they are, wearing the same ribbon that you recieved if they were far from the AO? I think maybe you would.

[genefromjersey]

Well, Sit, I still have a copy of the complete post- which I made before you persuaded the Admin to yank it.

For the record, I've defended Hackworth several times here,and have referred folks to his website.I obviously visit his website, and have expressed my concern on his message board.

Hackworth is a highly decorated former soldier , but is far from controversial, as a review of his history will show.

His opinions are, IMHO, all over the map, eg: his 12/05/01
column "Hack's Target of the Week" , which is titled " It's Time to Take Out Saddam Hussein " ( which was published on
http://www.efreedomnews.com ) - and his 02 /17/03 article-published ( I suppose by syndicate ) in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review : " What's the Rush ? " , which expresses his favorable opinion of a containment policy on Iraq.

The proof may be in the pudding: a story I read today,said troops in the Gulf, training for a possible Iraq conflict, are expressing quite a bit of uneasiness about the possibility of chemical attack, and the quality of their protective gear. Most of that seems perfectly normal, but I still feel the hairs on the back of my neck beginning to stir...

[Always A Marine]

...you don't rifle down your brothers in the military/ex-military because you do not agree with him. Why don't you all use some professional Military bearing and handle it with a little more tact...

Bingo. There is a recent tendency here at FreeRepublic to impune the motives of anyone who questions the present (Bush/GOP) orthodoxy. I don't think that is a healthy thing, and believe we should welcome open dissent as an opportunity to examine issues on their merits, and for the truth to win its own adherents.

David Hackworth is a soldier's soldier, and this officer welcomes his relentless concern for our enlisted men. Hack recognizes the tendency of bureaucracies to minimize and even ignore problems which might waste lives if not corrected, a rightly recognizes such neglect as dereliction. Nobody in today's media understands the military well enough to credibly question what is spoon fed by the Pentagon on practical, troop-level issues. Likewise, unfortunately, few in our civilian leadership know enough to probe such matters beneath the expected assurances of senior flag officers. Hackworth does.

When Hack detects a weakness in leadership, training or equipment, he sounds off so that the issue must be addressed by those who might rather not air their own shortcomings. Hack upsets a lot of rice bowls, and is a real pain in the ass to many people. May God bless him for it.

[honway]

I'll take the word of Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr.over Hackworth any day of the week.

[sit-rep]

So are mine!!!!!

But that is still no reason in my opinion to Black Ball the guy. I know for a damn fact that military readiness is lacking. Christ, I remember using bubble gum to stop leaks and rubber bands as springs down in my engine room. You would not believe how we jerry rigged equipment just to make it home sometimes. It happens and it is true and that is with mechanical let alone computerized...SO WHAT!!

You guys honeslty believe that what Hack says is that much of a threat? If the Rags use Chemicals on our troops, do you honestly think it's because Hack said our suits are not capable? Com'on people... Get a hold.

[joesbucks]

Haniity doesn't fight hard enough for conservative causes?

Well, first and foremost, his job is not to be the beacon of conservative truth. It's to bring in an audience.....and if he can do this with a conservative message or mostly conservative message.....then he will at this point in time earn a relatively large audience.

But remember, he's an entertianer first and foremost. Not the conservative standardbearer.

[honway]

wearing the same ribbon that you recieved if they were far from the AO?

There you go again.
There was never any question from anywhere including the Clinton(I loathe the military)Administration about Boorda's ribbons.

The falsehood that originated out of the Clinton Administration and was propagated by Hackworth was that Boorda was not entitled to wear a "V" device on a ribbon he certainly earned.

I believe Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr and I know every man that served on a combat ship conducting combat operations against a nation we were at war with earned the "V" device.

[sit-rep]

Their argument lies with Hackworth broadcasting it... The belief in it, is not really the main stink...

[ArneFufkin]

The last time I watched him he said the British Special Force units had to take over operations in the Afghan Mountains from the U.S. Army Rangers and other SFs because the Americans were not physically fit for duty.

[sit-rep]

I guess we're not allowed to...

[sneakypete]

they both contributed to spreading the lies about Admiral Boorda's right to wear the "V" device on his Vietnam Service ribbon

Wrong. Boorda did NOT have the right to wear the "V" (for valor) device. He even admitted this by taking it off. The valor award makes it a individual decoration,and when the hell did Boorda ever commit a individual act of bravery in combat? He didn't.