Of course, with me, he is preaching to the Choir. It has been my position right along that we carried out an impressive original campaign in Iraq, but have been lost on an absurd tangent since the occupation began. (See Iraq--Tactical Folly, Strategic Madness.)
I am very glad to see someone of Odom's stature lending a hand to bring America back to reality.
It has never made any sense, either pragmatic or philosophical, for the Administration to adopt the leftist idea from the 1960s, that we should be trying to force "Democracy" on Third World peoples. It is a terribly cruel delusion in its execution, as well as a recruiting aid for our terrorist enemies.
William Flax
Even this dismal scenario is a vast improvement over Saddam.