Quotes by David Hackworth

• 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.
• That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!
• The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning.
• War is the ultimate reality-based horror show.
• Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.
• Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie.
• It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door.
• 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.
• Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die.
• Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy.
• 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.
• 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.