Col. David H. Hackworth, 1930-2005: Legendary critic of careerism and incompetence , U.S. Army Guerrilla Fighter, Champion of the Ordinary Soldier

"A reputation won on the battlefield made it impossible to dismiss him when he went on the attack later as a critic of careerism and incompetence in the military high command. In 1971, he appeared in the field on ABC's Issue and Answers to say Vietnam 'is a bad war...it can't be won. We need to get out.' He also predicted that Saigon would fall to the North Vietnamese within four years, a prediction that turned out to be far more accurate than anything the Joint Chiefs of Staff were telling President Nixon or that the President was telling the American people."Col. David H. Hackworth, 1930-2005: Legendary U.S. Army Guerrilla Fighter, Champion of the Ordinary Soldier: