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DADESID · Seaman Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 157

Go here:

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Hacks%20Target%20Homepage.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=79&rnd=487.43495259397985

Someone who was actually there with Kerry might want to straighten the good Colonel out. He carries a lot of weight with the media.

His email is teagles@hackworth.com

Spiess · Lieutenant Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 246

Of course he did hes a leftist

stop kerry · Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:09 pm Post subject:

He hates BUSH and he's a member of ABB so when some said he would comment I figured he would go after you SBVT's because he knows you will affect the election and Bush could be helped.

stealthy · Lieutenant Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 237

I think he's discredited himself enough times that he's not much listened too any more. I asked a Commander what he made of him and he said he's bitter over not making General. He basically only attracts others bitter.
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tvaughan · Seaman Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 182

The fall of Hackworth has been pretty interesting. He's really fallen from grace in the media circuit.

A lot of people made huge errors over the Iraq war, so I don't know why or if Hackworth was singled out.

A brave veteran though who is entitled to his own (albeit wrong) opinion. Perhaps he started believing his own press.
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4moreyears · Former Member Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 591

When posts are made by detractors of swiftvets, I wish a link to the e-mail of the detractor would by posted as well. Somebody did that on another thread and it's cool.
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srmorton · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:19 am Post subject:

Our local paper publishes a column by Colonel Hackworth once a week.
It is always very negative in tone and highly critical of President Bush,
as well as the military chain of command. According to his own words,
he agrees with Kerry's and other vets' protest of a war which he also
thinks was wrong. I would consider it a positive sign that he is criticizing
the Swifties. He must think the ad is working!!

Semper Fi!
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milspec · Seaman Recruit Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 13

Hackworth has discredited himself and unfortunately many who served with him...
In a way he shares many of the same shortcomings as John Kerry.
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ArrMatey · Seaman Recruit Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 5

I've read Hackworth's book About Face years ago and found myself admiring the man. When I was in law school I went to see him speak at FSU and found myself conflicted and baffled. That was around 1993 and he wasn't making sense to me anymore.

I'd add to this that I am enormously unhappy with General Clarke's reaction to the SBVets. I share an alma mater with him, but don't understand where he is coming from at all.

stealthy · Lieutenant Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 237

Fame does strange things to people.
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ArmyWife · Lieutenant Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 218

Hackworth runs about 50% correct, IMHO.

Nearly all of his columns now are negative because he views it as his mission to stick up for the troops against the DoD bureaucracy and corrupt officers. He tends to be right about equipment and unfair treatment of individuals and units. He goes wrong when he makes slams against the administration on bigger policy issues, and yes, his liberal leanings do show there.

I have gotten the definite impression over the years that he feels he would have made BG if he had not said negative things about the Vietnam War on camera. It may be true, and it would likely color his interpretations of what is going on in the SBVfT controversy.

sevry · Commander Joined: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 326

Knighthawk · Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:11 pm Post subject:

I do not put much stock in what Hackworth has to say.

He went on National TV and bashed the US Goverment and the Military for the way things were being done in Vietnam, and then got out of the Army and ran away to Australia.

Several years later he wants to come back and purport to speak for all men and women in uniform.

Horse hockey, he don't speak for me.
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CDRSalamander · Seaman Recruit Joined: 19 Aug 2004 Posts: 3

I'm with ArrMatey on this one.

I used to be a fan of Hackworth, and cut him some slack in the 1990's. The turning point for me was his hairbrained endorsement of GEN Clark

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Hacks%20Target.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=35&rnd=851.4185308139077

considering what he had said about him in the past during the "Perfumed Prince" campaign.

He has turned from a little bit of a bitter gadfly whose heart was in the right place, into a stalking horse for the left.

I wrote him twice about the SwiftBoatVets issue, and received these responses.

1-Before he wrote his article:

ArmyWife · Lieutenant Joined: 06 Aug 2004 Posts: 218

This latest column of Hackworth's is the kind of stuff I'm talking about when I say that I think he runs about 50% correct:

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Hacks%20Target%20Homepage.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=80&rnd=881.5160315314952

There just isn't anywhere else that soldiers can complain to when their battalion commander is a nut job...at least not anywhere else that will get traction.

When he goes against the Swift Boat Vets for Truth, well then I obviously disagree with him. A lot of extraneous issues came up on this thread, but Hack may yet come around on this.