Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security

by Robert Patterson

Book Overview

Reckless Disregard shows how liberal Democrats are wasteful of American military lives, and have committed themselves to policies that are inimical to America's national security. This is a frontline soldier's report on how liberalism and national security don't mix.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895260867
• ISBN13: 9780895260864
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

This Is For "American Patriot" in "Middle America"

Pres Bush has never admitted to such. Patterson has written a well researched and documented thesis. He has the background to be taken quite seriously and writes from the heart. And most of my squadron mates agree completely. Have you read "Unfit for Command?" Have you read this book or are you just looking to vent. Do you read anything other than Moore, Chomsky or Ivins? Didn't think so. You are the disgrace. Your party is playing politics with my men. Your candidate is drowning in his cesspool of misrepresentations and blind ambition. Kerry lied and Vietnam vets died. We are proud to serve and Iraq is not a mistake. Quit smoking the hooka pipe long enough to wake up and smell the truth. Your military is fighting a just and worthy fight...and Col Patterson tells our story well.

It is about time!

I will make this review very short... It is about time that SOMEONE pulls the wool off our collective eyes, and exposes the liberals for who they really are! You should purchase this book.

The Politics of Treason

In his first book, "Dereliction of Duty," Buzz Patterson divulged his eyewitness account of the many ways Bill Clinton compromised America's national security. Buzz was, after all, one of Clinton's senior aides and entrusted with carrying the "nuclear suitcase." In this book, which is even better, Buzz takes the gloves off. He calls John Kerry a traitor for his post-Vietnam War activities. He even reproduces the entire manuscript of Kerry's testimony before congress in 1971 in which Kerry calls his "brothers in arms" war criminals, murderers and rapists. But he doesn't stop there. He calls Hillary Clinton a traitor for using her visit to the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq as a political podium for selfish personal political gain. Similarly, he's not done with Clinton yet. He squarely challenges the Clinton administration, and Richard Clarke in particular, on their many failures in meeting the threat of terror. Buzz Patterson is a gifted writer, a retired military officer, a commercial airline pilot, and a national security expert. This is the book to buy to educate yourself for not only this election but elections to come. Buzz hits another home run!

Great book from someone whose eyes were opened in 1998

Buzz is someone who has never been partisan nor would have ever written anything had it not been his experiences flying support for Clinton's peacekeeping missions and especially had he not been posted inside the White House. After his first book, Dereliction of Duty, became a best seller, a shocking portrayal of the unprofessionalism and scorn he witnessed in just TWO YEARS of eight, he went on to write this sequal to show that this behavior has happened before, continues to happen, and will invariably happen in the future should the members of the "Democratic-wing-of-the-Democratic-Party" (as Al Sharpton put it) continue to hold key positions in Congress and especially the Presidency itself. Though not really as thorough and wide-scoped as Ann Coulter's TREASON (another great read) or Mona Charen's USEFUL IDIOTS, I read it in one sitting of a couple of hours lying on the couch. The main reason for this lack of scope is that he is particularly concerned about--and thus "targeting"--John Kerry, for he definitely sees him as a McGovern-Carter-Clinton democrat that will repeat the same mistakes and lead to similar catastrophes. He details Kerry's service record (including how he got his 3 P-Hearts and his Silver Star), his VVAW activities (including a plot to assasinate a number of pro-war senators), and his continued anti-war record in the senate (such as proposals to cut intel spending by 300M with each budget in the 1990's and all the systems he has voted against in his some 20 years in the Senate). Had he succeeded in voting down the systems, our forces would have more than a lack of BODY ARMOR to worry about (incidently, the 87M he famously "voted for, until he voted against" included significant funds to rectify the armor problem).Beyond Kerry, it reviews some examples from Dereliction of Duty and also looks at other Democrats--such as Dean, Kucinich, and Ted Kennedy, who evidently did quite a bit of work with/for the KGB during his tenure as Soviet Archives reveal (see pages 10-11)--to show that it is not an isolated problem with a couple of former Presidets/candidates but a whole demographic within the legislative branch.

Should be Required Reading

Should be required that every new voter read this book before being allowed to register. It frightens me to think we could elect another "poor to sorry" Commander in Chief after the last Democrat that lived in the White House. As a former Army officer who spent 26 years in the military, I feel that I have the right to express my views. I served under Bill Clinton............never again. Well researched evidence that Kerry is not the man. Very well written and will become a best seller. Col Patterson hits the nail on the head.