Quote Originally Posted by Steve Blair View Post
Have to admit that I do like Macgregor's ideas on military reform, but I'm starting to find some of his commentary on UW/LIC to be a bit tedious if not poorly informed. I know Ricks' "Fiasco" has some harsh words about him, and if memory serves "Cobra" also takes some shots at his "go in small" ideas.
I just hate to see him head down the Hackworth/Peters path. Starting out with some really on-target stuff and get bogged down on kooky side issues and rants that alienate most people from the gold nuggets found in their writing, allowing people to dismiss their writings out of hand.

25% of Hackworth's stuff was absolutely brilliant. 75% was craptastic ranting. After "About Face" was published he went steadily downhill as his ranting drove those originally receptive away. Same with Peters. His stuff up until "Beyond Terror" was insightful and brilliant, and he's had a few since then. (I worshipped his "Parameters" articles from the 90s) However, todayit gets so lost in the vitrolic "New York Post" op-eds that now getting people to take him seriously is a challenge.