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OT and contentious: Torture photos from Iraq
in article , Brian
Nystrom at wrote on 5/13/04 6:44 AM:
They just want to whine and complain, and
they're going to do that whether there's any reason to or not. Logical
argument isn't going to sway them, since facts are irrelevant to them.
Hi Folks,
Just like the facts are irrelevant to Ret. General Wiliam Odom, of the
conservative Hudson Institute.
Retired Gen. William E. Odom, a former staff member of the National Security
Council and now at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, reflects
the depth of dismay in the upper ranks of the military. "It was never in our
interest to go into Iraq," he told me. He calls that war a "diversion" from
the war on terrorism; the rationale for the war, finding WMD, "phony"; the
U.S. Army overstretched, being driven "into the ground"; and the prospect of
building a democracy in Iraq "zero." In Iraqi politics, he says, "legitimacy
is going to be tied to expelling us. Wisdom in military affairs dictates
withdrawal in this situation. 'We can't afford to fail' -- that's mindless.
But the danger has been done. The issue is how we stop failing more. I'm
arguing [for] a strategic decision."
From Salon.com
Chuck
http://www.wildcountry.info
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