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To: Ilaine who wrote (65636)	1/12/2003 6:25:25 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I'd say Rummy is probably closer to being right than Hackworth. Hack? Best Battalion Commander, either side, Vietnam war. A great Soldier. I would hire him to run any Military Op up to Division level. And a good critic of what is wrong with Military Personnel promotion practices. But he is "Round the Bend" on the ME, IMO.

To: Ilaine who wrote (65636)	1/12/2003 8:29:53 PM
From: BCherry168	Respond to of 281500

CB, Hackworth is primarily mad because he was passed over for promotion too often and had to retire, IMHO. I read the article, and emailed him a response to which he politely replied. My thought was that Rumsfeld could hardly NOT say what he said about a two front war, in the light of the N. Korean response in 1950 to the statement by the Sec of State that Korea was not a strategic interest of the US. That got us more than 50,000 KIA. So score one for Rummy on this. "BTW, I formed my less than favorable opinion about Hackworth months ago. He's squarely in the age-old tradition of blue-collar workers hating and fearing people who sit at desks."