David Hackworth

(19 votes)   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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(16 votes)   The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.

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(11 votes)   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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(10 votes)   It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.

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(28 votes)   Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.

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(22 votes)   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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(17 votes)   In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time.

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(14 votes)   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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(13 votes)   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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(12 votes)   Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did Vietnam.

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(12 votes)   Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie.

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(12 votes)   Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.

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(12 votes)   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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(12 votes)   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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(11 votes)   That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!

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