In World War II in Germany, we had a ration for one U.S. soldier, or one allied soldier for every twenty inhabitants. The ratio in Iraq is about one for a hundred and sixty.
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 go… - William Eldridge Odom
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 go…
- William Eldridge Odom
Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war. - William Eldridge Odom
Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war.
So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months … - William Eldridge Odom
So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months …
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 thin… - William Eldridge Odom
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 thin…
Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expen… - William Eldridge Odom
Military officers from different countries, when they meet each other, tend to sort of fall in love, become mutual admiration societies, at the expen…
I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation. - William Eldridge Odom
I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation.
Firing off 1,000 or 500 or 2,000 nuclear warheads on a few minutes' consideration has always struck me as an absurd way to go to war. - William Eldridge Odom
Firing off 1,000 or 500 or 2,000 nuclear warheads on a few minutes' consideration has always struck me as an absurd way to go to war.
Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few. - William Eldridge Odom
Acts of terror have never brought down liberal democracies. Acts of parliament have closed a few.
While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for th… - William Eldridge Odom
While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for th…
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