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19 quotes by David Hackworth

Colonel David Haskell Hackworth (November 11, 1930 – May 4, 2005), also known as "Hack," was a highly decorated United States Army soldier, having received 24 decorations for heroism in combat during the Korean and Vietnam 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 Vietnamese guerrillas. He was also a...
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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... →

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

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy.

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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... →

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

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Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie.

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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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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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Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.

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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... →

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