Tom Clancy's "Battle Ready"

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Tom Clancy wrestles with Iraq war

New book co-written with war critic Gen. Anthony Zinni

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 Posted: 2:03 PM EDT (1803 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- 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.

read the article here:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/05/2...l.ap/index.html

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yay finally, thank fuck, someone w/some 'republican' cred is speaking out.