Washington Post essay by Gen. William Odom

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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.

As always, Gen. Odom demonstrates he is a careful, thoughtful, intelligent man with vision that's a lot clearer that what's going around in official Wshington these days.

I hope he finds a senior place in the next administration...