robert greenwald, great to have you with us tonight.hanks so much. >>> for more on this, bring in our panel. bill press, radio talk show host. jack rice, former cia officer and radio talk show host. also radio talk show host michael medev, author of "the ten big lies about america." i want your take on the latest news this afternoon that general petraeus is endorsing the request for more troops by general mcchrystal. michael, what do you think of that? >> i think president obama should take that more seriously than advice from joe biden. the reports being he's listening to the vice president rather than do military commanders in the field. i think conservatives deserve credit for supporting the president on this. one of the first things he did when he came into the white house was to send 20,000 more troops. he also campaigned very clearly on more focus on afghanistan. >> if al qaeda is not in afghanistan, why stay there? why send more troops? it might be the wrong mission. >> it's precisely the same reason president obama gave during t