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William Odom

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

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Aberjhani

"The most dangerous thing to the USA population is not North Korea, it is the USA government."

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Aberjhani

"Politicians look for interests not people."

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Aberjhani

"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."

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Aberjhani

"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."

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Aberjhani

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

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Aberjhani

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

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Aberjhani

"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."

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Aberjhani

"I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded."

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Aberjhani

"Even if the paradise of material satisfaction, which they envisage as their final goal, were realized on earth, it would not bring mankind either contentment or peace."

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Aberjhani

"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest and most indubitable signification is nothing else but a means of obtaining for the rulers their ambitions and covetous desires, and for the ruled the abdication of human dignity, reason, conscience, and a slavish enthrallment to those in power."

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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."

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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."

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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."

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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."

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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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