if i had behaviored that way or colonel shaver behaved that way and undermined a brigade commander in front of our troops, we would be reprimanded. this kind of insubordination from people inside the military will not be tolerated. and it was personal attacks to make it worse. >> colonel, what's your side? >> i agree with the captain's assessment of the situation, but there's some, i think, mitigating issues we have to look at, realistically. general patton survived saying pretty outlandish things to the press as well. presence is there for good officers to continue. i don't want to defend mccrystal's bad actions. what i'm here to say is that the president has to consider what's best for his strategy. let me be painfully clear here. our center is not for -- break break if you're going to go with the strategy the way it is, you probably have to pick the very best guy who has the best shot of making it work. general mccrystal was part of the review process, which established it last year and from all accounts he has been able to really bring back a lot of internal focus within the force

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