he wanted to keep that forster what he called the next fighting season -- forced their through what he called the next fight in season. there was the difference between petraeus and obama, but they did it live together on the same page in the same place with afghanistan. petraeus new and knows very well that you do not pick yourself up and simply dictate in afghanistan what will happen. the difference was that petraeus felt that first you have to bloody their nose badly of the enemy, then they would come on board and negotiate. obama thought, bloody than at the cost level that the u.s. can manage, and we can not do it in the old way. in that sense, petraeus, who is an extraordinary general, a very bright man, he and obama, another very bright man, disagreed on the issue. that does not mean you ignore what the military is saying. you listen, you have a discussion -- you are the president. you got elected to make a decision. host: now he is the director of the cia. the president also spoke at the vfw convention about afghanistan. >> i pledged to finish the job in afghanistan. we had to b