[thoughtomator]

What should be going through his mind right now is "which medication do I need?" He has scorched-earth what little credibility he might have still possessed. I don't see how anyone can take his point of view seriously after this.

[ggekko]

Hackworth has always been entranced with his self-appointed persona as a Pentagon gadfly. At times his crtiques have been trenchant and useful. Hackworth appears to have completely misread the Iraqis. Once Saddam has been proven to have been removed from power resistance wil collapse.

A can't understand Hackworth's consistent negativity about Rummy. Rummy has been fighting the Pentagon brass over many of the issues Hackworth favors particularly when it comes to the most hidebound of the services the Army. Hackworth is starting sound like a petulant child who won't admit that he is wrong.