Respecting your opponent is the key to winning any bout. Hold your enemy in contempt and you may miss the strategy behind his moves David Hackworth More Quotes by David Hackworth More Quotes From David Hackworth It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door. David Hackworth giving-up doors inspirational If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly. David Hackworth army fighting military Only a foolish woman would allow her man to earn his living as a moving target. David Hackworth military men moving 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. David Hackworth feckless moral sound So it's not a matter of the military lying to the press, but it's the job of the military to deny the press any information that will provide aid and comfort to the enemy. David Hackworth military jobs lying That's because international Islamic religious fanatics have the same goal as the Axis fascists - the destruction of our way of life. David Hackworth axes islamic religious 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 stockade time. David Hackworth rifles men order War is the ultimate reality-based horror show. David Hackworth horror war reality 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. David Hackworth media military war Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy. David Hackworth real too-late 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. David Hackworth survival war people What we need to do is follow the axiom of World War II which was 'Loose Lips Sink Ships' and the media has really got to follow that. David Hackworth media war needs 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. David Hackworth cancer cells fighting The old saying that war is a racket has taken on an even more shameful meaning. David Hackworth racket taken war That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff! David Hackworth right-stuff troops stuff Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive. David Hackworth handball alive writing Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie. David Hackworth scripts easy war 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 into born-again Islamic believers or kill us. David Hackworth middle-east islamic world 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. David Hackworth people commitment years 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. David Hackworth go run ignore government
