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[Tom] Clancy wrestles with war in Iraq
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem May 31, 2004 01:46pm |
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| News Date | Monday, May 31, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Author promotes 'Battle Ready'
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -- A brand-name author with many admirers in the military criticized the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, citing it as proof that "good men make mistakes."
That same writer said he almost "came to blows" with a leading war supporter, former Pentagon adviser Richard Perle.
The author is Tom Clancy.
The hawkish master of such million-selling thrillers as "Patriot Games" and "The Hunt for Red October" now finds himself adding to the criticism of the Iraq war, and not only through his own comments.
His latest book, "Battle Ready," is a collaboration with another war critic, retired Marine Gen. Anthony C. Zinni. "Battle Ready" looks at Zinni's military career, dating back to the Vietnam War, and includes harsh remarks by Zinni about the current conflict.
In a recent interview, Clancy and Zinni sat side by side in a hotel conference room in Manhattan, mutual admirers who said they agreed on most issues, despite "one or two" spirited "discussions" during the book's planning.
Zinni has openly attacked the war, but Clancy reluctantly acknowledged his own concerns. He declined repeatedly to comment on the war, before saying that it lacked a "casus belli," or suitable provocation. |
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