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.
William Eldridge OdomIn 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.
William Eldridge OdomIn reality, I don't think that many of the policies we've attempted to apply to deal with it are going to have any serious effect.
William Eldridge OdomOnce we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war.
William Eldridge OdomMilitary 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 Eldridge OdomAs many critics have pointed, out, terrorism is not an enemy. It is a tactic. Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today's war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world.
William Eldridge Odom