Tom Clancy new book criticises Iraq war May 26, 2004 A celebrated author with many admirers in the military has criticised the US-led invasion of Iraq, citing it as proof that "good men make mistakes". Tom Clancy also said he almost "came to blows" with a leading war supporter, former Pentagon adviser Richard Perle. The hawkish master of such million-selling thrillers as Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October has added his own name to critics of the Iraq war, and not only through his own comments. His latest book, Battle Ready, is a collaboration with another war critic,...