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he put stanley mcchrystal, a covert operator the joint operations man in charge of an entire theatermendous number of civilians killed in the kinds of wars you're describing there. to me the issue isn't because obama is killing less civilians this is a smart policy. we're still in a situation where we're making more enemies than killing terrorist in these operations not just because of the civilians killed. many people have the perception we are gratuitous adversary, bombing villages and going into countries without a declared war and conducting military operations. >> i'd like to ask jeremiah question, as you go around talking to people about your movie, your book, people in the country, where do you see the tide turning. stories are getting out about the bombsings. is there a foothold of popular opinion in the country that looks like it could be changing? >> i think one of the interesting things with the rise of the tea party but also the anti-war, more principled libertarians sort of converging their interests with some left anti-war folks, i think 2016 election is going to be fas

and this from stanley mcchrystal, a fascinating read, highlighting some of our nation's unknown heroes credit nor recognition. brian, congratulations. high praise indeed from two decorated veterans. >> yeah, it's a thrill to have them read it. what i think is very emblematic of both those men is they never want any credit, they always want to give it to their soldiers and troops. especially in franks case. he didn't even go to the academy. i've been studying this really since 1990. we know washington belongs on the mountain. we know all these people are extraordinarily. but you didn't know a bartender could do what he did. you maybe don't know a farmer can do what they did. a guy would owns a grocery store can have the type of courage that robert townsend displayed. a guy that was a printer and journalist can do what robbed townsend portrayed. to get that information to george washington -- >> these are people basically passing things on to washington to help him with his war plans. >> they were behind enemy lines for 3 1/2 years. they had to pretend to be somebody they weren't. as he

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and general stanley mcchrystal ran jsoc for much of the bush era, and they began operating what was effectivelyanization. and they weren't hunting deer, they were hunting people. and they did their own interrogation. they have their own secret prisons. it was a whole parallel apparatus to what the cia had traditionally had sovereign realm other. >> host: how did you get involved in this line of work? >> guest: purely by accident. i went to university thinking i wanted to be a middle schoolteacher. and i discovered very soon after i got to the university what it meant to be on academic probation. i was a terrible student. so if i'm a horrible student, i don't know how i'm going to teach the youth of america to do anything. [laughter] it's not that i was screwing around and out partying, i just wasn't very good at school. and, you know, i would say that i was enrolled at the university, not that i was attending the university. and after three years -- this was in wisconsin -- and after three years i decided that i wanted to do something in the real world, and i moved to this homeless shelter in w

and general stanley mcchrystal ran jsoc for much of the bush era, and they began operating what was effectivelyweren't hunting deer, they were hunting people. and they did their own interrogation. they have their own secret prisons. it was a whole parallel apparatus to what the cia had traditionally had sovereign realm other. >> host: how did you get involved in this line of work? >> guest: purely by accident. i went to university thinking i wanted to be a middle schoolteacher. and i discovered very soon after i got to the university what it meant to be on academic probation. i was a terrible student. so if i'm a horrible student, i don't know how i'm going to teach the youth of america to do anything. [laughter] it's not that i was screwing around and out partying, i just wasn't very good at school. and, you know, i would say that i was enrolled at the university, not that i was attending the university. and after three years -- this was in wisconsin -- and after three years i decided that i wanted to do something in the real world, and i moved to this homeless shelter in washington, d.c., the