William Odom Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place.”

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

“Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously.”

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

“I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it.”

“I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation.”

“The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe.”

“We need to go to the niceties of approaching the U. N. and let them have a chance to take it over, but we should set some sort of date and begin to move out and leave it to whoever takes over.”

“I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.”

“I will make a general statement that we have not had anything like the policy of holding people in high office responsible for their acts that I think we should.”