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

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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

hussein victim years

All along, American policy has been, 'We don't establish a Kurdis... by Raymond T. Odierno

All along, American policy has been, 'We don't establish a Kurdistan.

Raymond T. Odierno

policy has-beens

You've got to hae ground forces that are capable of going after t... by Raymond T. Odierno

You've got to hae ground forces that are capable of going after them and rooting them out.

Raymond T. Odierno

capable force military