almost all jsoc operations take place under cover of darkness. the afghan government says they want these night raids to stop. >> night raids are against our culture. even if it doesn't cause any harm, that's unacceptable, because it's a disgrace to people's dignity in our culture. >> narrator: mohammed daudzai is chief of staff to the afghan president, hamid karzai. he is worried that night raids do more harm than good. >> you have a village, has a very peaceful life, and in the middle of the night, people come and surround the village and search a few houses and take a few prisoners. and in that scuffle, a few of them are killed and women disgraced. the next day, what do you expect? the entire village youth becomes taliban. they are searching for the taliban to recruit them and give them weapons. >> narrator: general mcchrystal knew that night raids could turn the afghan population against american soldiers. he restricted conventional troops from conducting them, and instead ordered the elite forces of jsoc to take the lead. now they are doing

while it is not just about the deduction piece which is important, and in my former role as the jsoc it was important but that support the broader soft fur to afghanistan. >> are there any other concerns you have about the diminished resources and based on what you highlighted in your statement that we should be aware of? >> no man. the two primary ones are the airlift support and the audience are support. >> thank you. >> the fighting season in afghanistan is roughly from april through october, and the president has decided on september, 2012 on the deadline for the withdrawal in the surge forces. is there in a strategic operational or tactical advantage to the september deadline for the withdrawal during the season as compared to wading through the fighting season? >> senator, i think the value of a second fighting season as was expressed by the chairman and general petraeus in the testimony last week is important, but as general petraeus said in his recommendations, those recommendations are forwarded to the central commander and secretary defense and the discussions which ultimat

while it is not just about the deduction piece which is important, and in my former role as the jsoc it was important but that support the broader soft fur to afghanistan. >> are there any other concerns you have about the diminished resources and based on what you highlighted in your statement that we should be aware of? >> no man. the two primary ones are the airlift support and the audience are support. >> thank you. >> the fighting season in afghanistan is roughly from april through october, and the president has decided on september, 2012 on the deadline for the withdrawal in the surge forces. is there in a strategic operational or tactical advantage to the september deadline for the withdrawal during the season as compared to wading through the fighting season? >> senator, i think the value of a second fighting season as was expressed by the chairman and general petraeus in the testimony last week is important, but as general petraeus said in his recommendations, those recommendations are forwarded to the central commander and secretary defense and the discussions which ultimat

of al shabaab, any of the similar organizations that are out there, that is part and parcel of what jsocind of environment for somalia. we want to stay away from getting involved in a big land war there. >> reporter: and general david petraeus, who will be taking over for panta at the cia, has already endorsed these types of joint operations between the intelligence community and the u.s. military. wolf? >> barbara starr, thank you. >>> and to our viewers, you're in "the situation room." happening now, floodwaters of historic proportions closing in on a u.s. nuclear power plant. could the kind of disaster that happened in japan also happen in america's heartland? and former illinois governor rod blagojevich is facing years in prison now as a jury fund him guilty on multiple corruption charges. we'll have the latest. shielding kids from violence versus free speech. the supreme court here in the united states weighing in on a pivotal case. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news. political headlines and jeanne moos all straight ahead. i'm wol