General William E. Odom had a heart attack and died at age 75 on Friday.
General Odom was one of those rare flag officers who have what it takes to see the truth wherever it hides and tell this truth to power as he recently did in Congress and in Countdown.
(Countdown You Tube links below the fold)
In April 28th 2007 he gave the Democratic Response to a Bush address on Iraq
How I wish he could have served in an Obama administration.
Truth to power with Keith Olbermann.
Other YouTubes with General Odom;
This article, titled "What's Wrong With Cutting and Running?", published in October 2005, should be read by all those who want to help to think through why and how to get of Iraq and should have been heeded back then by a President he accused of being AWOL.
McCain should read this other one titled "Victory Is Not an Option"
The new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq starkly delineates the gulf that separates President Bush's illusions from the realities of the war. Victory, as the president sees it, requires a stable liberal democracy in Iraq that is pro-American. The NIE describes a war that has no chance of producing that result. In this critical respect, the NIE, the consensus judgment of all the U.S. intelligence agencies, is a declaration of defeat.
Another must read; A Sensible Path on Iran
And this one courtesy of Ice Blue; Gen. Odom explains basic reality to Hugh Hewitt and the "Victory Caucus"
Update:
Taps from army193
"Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." Douglas McArthur