Meanwhile, the former head of the National Security Agency is warning victory is no longer an option in Iraq. Writing in The Washington Post, General William Odom said the Bush administration must recognize that fighting on simply prolongs U.S. losses and blocks the way to a new strategy. Odom writes that getting out of Iraq is the precondition for creating new strategic options. Odom also accuses the Bush administration of pushing policies that are destabilizing the Middle East.