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.
From William Odom
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.
It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place.
In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange.
The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe.
The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics.
I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation.
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.
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