The former head of the National Security Agency, General William Odom, has become the most prominent retired military official to call for the US to pull out of Iraq as soon as possible. He told the Wall Street Journal, “We have failed.” He went on to call for U.S. forces to be pulled out “from that shattered country as rapidly as possible. The issue is how high a price we’re going to pay-less by getting out sooner, or more by getting out later.” Meanwhile the magazine American Conservative has also called for the US to hand over sovereignty and leave Iraq. The lead article in this month’s edition begins “The administration’s Iraq policy is in shambles. Iraq has become a geopolitical humpty-dumpty that America cannot put back together, and the time has come for the United States to withdraw.” The cover of the magazine read “The No-Win War.” Meanwhile in Vietnam, one of the masterminds of the Vietnam War is warning the US will suffer a similar defeat in Iraq. General Vo Nguyen Giap said “Any country that wants to impose its will on another nation will certainly fail and all nations fighting for their own independence will be victorious.”