Raymond T. Odierno famous quotes

03-24-2025

You've got to hae ground forces that are capable of going after them and rooting them out.
-- Raymond T. Odierno

#Military #Force #Capable
Our profession is built on the bedrock of trust - the trust that must inherently exist among Soldiers, and between Soldiers and their leaders to accomplish their mission in the chaos of war. Recent incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment demonstrate that we have violated that trust.
-- Raymond T. Odierno

#War #Military #Leader
All along, American policy has been, 'We don't establish a Kurdistan.
-- Raymond T. Odierno

#Policy
The Arabs are victims. You have Shia Arabs, under Arabization under Saddam Hussein, who were forcibly moved up there... You have Kurds who were displaced by these Arabs that were moved up there by Saddam Hussein. Kurds have been displaced from Kirkuk for hundreds of years.
-- Raymond T. Odierno

#Years #Hussein #Victim

I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.
Only force rules. Force is the first law
Ive learned never to try and force words to come.
Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.
Music is the healing force of the universe.
Even logical positivists are capable of love.
I am not the best, but I am capable of achieving the impossible.
Everyone tells us you really don't know what you're capable of till you're in the middle of it.
It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.
Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.

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