Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno was an unlikely dissident, with little in his past to suggest that he would buck his superiors and push the U.S. military in radically new directions.
As the No. 2 Commander in Iraq, Raymond Odierno Challenged the Military Establishment, Pressing for More Troops and a Long-Term Strategy to Guide Them:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/07/AR2009020702153_pf.html
Note that Gen. Odierno's son was seriously injured while fighting in Iraq...
General Patraeus and General Odierno are 'LEAD From the FRONT ' officers!
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Long-term strategy? That is anathema to the Obama administration. He'll be out before you know it.
PCC-and another betrayal of our supports over there-can we say Vietnam all over again ---
supporters :-)
Do you expect The Obama to listen to mere soldiers even if they are generals?
shoprat-arm-chair 'generals' have been dealing this country set backs forever....esp. those 'officials' who honestly believe they know better....and -BTW-loathe the military...
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