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'The Surge' and the coming war with Iran

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Thursday January 25, 2007 23:47author by redjade Report this post to the editors

Surge = Escalation (via Ireland)
Smedley Butler? Sadly no, but he is a pissed off US General (retired)
Smedley Butler? Sadly no, but he is a pissed off US General (retired)

Lieutenant General William Eldridge Odom (Retired)
From his testimony:

'The war has served primarily the interests of Iran and al Qaeda, not
American interests. We cannot reverse this outcome by more use of
military force in Iraq. To try to do so would require siding with
Sunni leaders and the Baathist insurgents against pro-Iranian Shiite
groups. The Baathist insurgents constitute the forces most strongly
opposed to Iraqi cooperation with Iran. At the same time, our
democratization policy has installed Shiite majorities and
pro-Iranians groups in power in Baghdad, especially in the ministries
of interior and defense. Moreover, our counterinsurgency operations
are, as unintended (but easily foreseeable) consequences, first,
greater Shiite openness to Iranian influence and second, al Qaeda's
entry into Iraq and rooting itself in some elements of Iraqi society.'


• Who is he?
Lieutenant General William Eldridge Odom (Retired)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Odom


Wikipedia says: 'William Eldridge Odom (born 1932) is a former U.S. Army General and director of the NSA under President Ronald Reagan.

From 2 November 1981 to 12 May 1985, Odom, then a Lieutenant General, served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army. From 1985 to 1988, he served as the director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan.'

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Can a single man force a nation to fight a war?     redjade    Thu Jan 25, 2007 23:53 
   Cheney says: the United States (people) is the Greatest Threat     redjade    Fri Jan 26, 2007 00:23 
   Cheney to resign     redjade    Fri Jan 26, 2007 13:35 
   Iraq/n: Bush authorises 'Kill or Capture' of Iranians     redjade    Fri Jan 26, 2007 15:23 
   Bush orders a second US aircraft carrier to the Gulf     redjade    Fri Jan 26, 2007 22:13 
   Timeline: The Build Up To Iran War     redjade    Fri Jan 26, 2007 23:44 


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