Sixteen years after the Iraq War, the Army’s official history of the war reads like a string of empty platitudes.
America’s Generals Haven’t Learned Anything from Iraq
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Raymond T. Odierno
Sliding Backwards on Iraq?
Last week, President Obama’s out-of-control military brass once again leaked a statement contrary to the president’s position. This time the statement came from Army Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, who officially requested to keep a combat brigade in the northern part of the country beyond the August 2010 deadline.
Earth to Bush: Iraq isnt South Korea
The Bush Administration recently pointed to the over-five-decades-long US military presence in South Korea as a successful model for Iraq. The implications of this comparison seemed to escape them. General Raymond T. Odierno, who oversees daily military operations in Iraq, called it “a great idea,” as if agreeing with the suggestion by a colleague to order take-out sushi for lunch.