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Originally Posted by M21Sniper
David Hackworth so dishonored himself wrt the things he said about Michael Durant that as far as i'm concerned, he barely even qualifies as an American.
This is not to say he wasn't a crack leader at some point. All i know is that now, i wouldn't spit on him were he on fire.  |
I agree that his comments about CWO Durant were
mean spirited and cheap, and there was no excuse for it. But like you alluded to, that can't erase the fact that he was a great tactical leader at battalion level and below. Four Distinguished Service Crosses, that says something. It doesn't make him a great person but it does say something about his abilities as a tactical leader.
For all of the hoopala that surrounds him and his service in Vietnam, I feel that he didn't have any better idea than anyone else about how to win the Vietnam War strategically. Just better ideas about how to kill a lot of the enemy without having his own troops suffer as many casualties.