David Hackworth

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

War is the ultimate reality-based horror show.

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.

Some people say Hawaii is spoiled, but I don't think so. It's modern. It's a part of today's world.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.