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William Odom

American Soldier

Born: Jun 23, 1932

Died: May 30, 2008

Leave Me Military People War Will

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I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political. William Odom

War Political Think Our Resources Both Becoming Material Iranian Huge Very Much Interests Bin Serve Served Drain

The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics. William Odom

Politics Presidents Anything Served

I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation. William Odom

Party Never Affiliation Belonged

Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expense of realities. William Odom

Love Become Fall Military Other Meet Admiration Mutual Tend Countries Sort Officers Expense Different Different Countries Realities Each Societies

To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic. William Odom

It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980. William Odom

Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war. William Odom

War Once Destroyed Civil Civil War Knew Saddam Going Regime

It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place. William Odom

First Our Enter First Place Iraq Place Interest

In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange. William Odom

Me Losing Year Our East East Asian Invaded Struck Risking Alliance Fact Exchange Support Without Were Undesirable Iraq Very Did In Fact Asian Europe European Last Last Year

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