David Hackworth
David Hackworth
Colonel David Haskell Hackworth, also known as "Hack," was an American Korean War and Vietnam War veteran who received many combat decorations for heroism in both wars. Hackworth is known for his role in the creation and command of Tiger Force, a military unit formed during the Vietnam War to apply guerrilla warfare tactics to the fight against Vietcong guerrilla fighters...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth11 November 1930
CountryUnited States of America
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If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.
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That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life.
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Fighting terrorism is not unlike fighting a deadly cancer. It can't be treated just where it's visible - every diseased cell in the body must be destroyed.
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Their plan is to return the entire world - not just the Middle East - to the days of the caliphate and either convert all of us so-called infidels into born-again Islamic believers or kill us.
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Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people.
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Our fumbling government's response since Beirut - during both Republican and Democratic administrations - has been to cut and run, or to flat ignore this growing threat, apparently hoping it would go away.
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Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops.
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Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die.
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Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.