but mcchrystal wasn't insubordination that was in discretion, and fraternization. somebody in the military isn't supposed to be with an inferior and he was the soldiers soldier. you have done so very scantily is the problem of corruption and governments at all levels in the middle east. proper security and that involves the killers, the fanatic killers, the religious colors and how you deal with that. all it takes is one sure to create havoc and at least in afghanistan or drugs and how to deal effectively with that. all of those play a role and unfortunately in the military the report determines who gets promoted and that has sometimes less to do with ability. >> to the makings of david petraeus. >> those are all good questions and thoughts and talk about the role of law and this is an issue that brigadier general mark martin's was helping to galvanize in afghanistan and we kind of traced his efforts to show how difficult it is and frankly every once is a would take a generation to change the culture. you look at the competition of the taliban and sharia law and th

he gave general mcchrystal 30,000 more troops almost all of what mcchrystal wanted but put a deadline on it and if you put a deadline like he did, with the belief, the president's believe it would mpel the afghans into action it didn't do that it acted as a crutch, the afghans looked at the american forces coming if and why should we fight? they will be there to do it for us. and also it wasn't long enough to accomplish that. so you look at it from a number of different factors and you said, the surge and the strategy just had fundamental logical flaws to it, and when you look at where it got us, it has improved the situation, but has it improved it must have that we can sort of look and say, afghanistan is on stable footing and we feel a reasonable degree of assurance for it? it is hard to look at it. >> rose: did we lose something when mcchrystal resigned and petraeus came the and petraeus -- >> look, we lost continuity. >> rose: right. >> we also lost -- and i detail this in my book, you know, stan mcchrystal by the time he was firedly,, fired, sortly before that began to come to t

he gave general mcchrystal 30,000 more troops almost all of what mcchrystal wanted but put a deadline on it and if you put a deadline like he did, with the belief, the president's believe it would compel the afghans into action it didn't do that it acted as a crutch, the afghans looked at the american forces coming if and why should we fight? they will be there to do it for us. and also it wasn't long enough to accomplish that. so you look at it from a number of different factors and you said, the surge and the strategy just had fundamental logical flaws to it, and when you look at where it got us, it has improved the situation, but has it improved it must have that we can sort of look and say, afghanistan is on stable footing and we feel a reasonable degree of assurance for it? it is hard to look at it. >> rose: did we lose something when mcchrystal resigned and petraeus came the and petraeus -- >> look, we lost continuity. >> rose: right. >> we also lost -- and i detail this in my book, you know, stan mcchrystal by the time he was firedly,, fired, sortly before that began to come to

he received a call from mcchrystal replan the article broke. and he said it was going to be bad. he was pretty sure that -- he was certain he would receive some vibes from the white house that he would probably lose his job. admiral mullen had called patraeus and said to me your name is not being speculated publicly, there is a pretty hyper ability that you will be the one for afghanistan. so if any of you have read that first chapter or the paper that followed everything, he he gets into the white house. therefore regularly scheduled meeting but someone from the oval office comes down and says the president wants to see you of stairs. as he is walking into the oval office the secretary and other senior leaders are walking out. the announcement was made in the rose erin, that's when i thought i have any of opportunity to from my dissertation, the story of houses played out. i went to work to find a partner and found the truly extraordinary mentor and friend and writing coach and partner. one thing he didn't mention is that he's a to -- huge runner. says -- in any case, the challe

written by michael hastings that article called the runaway general and it led to general stanley mcchrystal as resignation and also painted a different view for americans i want to put up a quote from a private first class interviewed in the article he said we should just drop an f. ing bomb on this place you said and ask yourself what are we doing here david what is the u.s. still doing in afghanistan. what well it's still those that have bases and weapons there afghanistan is strategically positioned next to china and russia and the middle east it's still hopes to another guest place wind runs through afghanistan and pakistan the president thinks that for political reasons miscalculating as he is that he is better off continuing the presence or the escalating very very slowly it's the same nonsense. the in listens that have kept this going for years and years i mean there are those profiting there are those in the military and in the military industrial complex with an interest in keeping every war going but the american people are against it only in the polls they're not against it in th

saldanha between two thousand and sixteen after you repealed obamacare and twenty twenty three mcchrystal other reforms as well as you know governor romney supports gradually increasing over time bringing the medicare eligibility age in line with the social security retirement age. increase the retirement age in other words cut benefits so is this medicare debate really as winnable as paul ryan claims especially when his team is running on a platform to cut benefits in medicare and then later get rid of the program altogether here to answer that is the last spring host of the truth for america radio show and author of the book conscientious equity now welcome back hey tom thanks for having me and i just i just lost my audio i can't hear anything. they were ok on one side we have president obama who extended the life of medicare without cutting any benefits on the other side we are romney and ryan who want to voucher rise medicare and cut benefits why does paul ryan think he can win this debate. it's absolutely winnable it's just been so much distortion the demagoguery first of all the ref

it's primary day today in missouri republicans choosing their candidate to go up against claire mcchrystal and conservatives and right wingers are descending on the state in hopes of getting a tea party senator elected and not too long ago the community of joplin was picking up the pieces after the devastating tornado that ravaged the town it appeared they came together to overcome the tragedy. this is a national tragedy and that means there will be a national response and he also praised the community proclaiming together they post here at by forty one pm on sunday exactly one week after the storm. we witnessed countless acts of neighbor helping neighbor and strangers becoming friends and you can hear you can you can tell you were. but it appears the community is actually quite divided this after a second mosque was burned down there so it seems the natural disaster united people but this latest mosque incident shows the community may actually be quite divided and islamist islam a phobia and other bigotry is alive and well and not just in joplin this just days after the mass shooting of a

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general stanley mcchrystal called for a return to national service and admiral mike mullen seconded ithers are here is saying, maybe it is time both for military and other ways to expect everyone to do a couple of years of national service. what did think of the idea of expected national service? >> first, thank you for hosting the republican governors as you have done the last couple of years. we contributed by helping end the drought. we have other governors and others who will be here. by the way, congratulations on the new book on steve jobs. we're all for jobs. >> that is my jobs program, yeah. >> entrepreneurship is something that needs to be encouraged and awarded at every level. your story about steve jobs is very important. america is the most generous country on earth. whether you measure it by the donation of time, talent, treasure, foreign aid, you name it. it goes back to the traditions that our founding fathers planted here in virginia and other places as well. we have people who voluntarily serve. including the husband of nikki haley. michael is getting ready to deploy t