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William Odom

"Therefore, once U.S. forces leave, it is almost inevitable that an anti-Western, anti-U.S. regime will arise."

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Aberjhani

"Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will."

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Aberjhani

"That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best - make it all up - but make it up so truly that later it will happen that way."

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Aberjhani

"Perhaps it is true that all that happens is in accordance with Your will, and thus it is good. But sometimes You leave blood on Your instruments."

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Aberjhani

"Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig."

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Aberjhani

"Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice."

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Aberjhani

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

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Aberjhani

"Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected."

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Aberjhani

"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so."

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Aberjhani

"Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be."

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Aberjhani

"Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

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William Odom
"Also, General Zinni, who commanded central command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003."

War

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William Odom
"Military 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."

Love

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William Odom
"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."

Opinion

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William Odom
"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."

War

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William 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 goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it."

Military

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William Odom
"It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980."

Leadership

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William 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 think we should."

People

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William Odom
"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."

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William Odom
"Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously."

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William Odom
"The presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics."

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