war if you do not have the backing of the american people? >> it's not just american people. it's the citizens of all of the 47 or so troop contributing nations and of other nations to are contributing money and not forces. they have to have a sense that we can achieve the very important objectives that we have here. let's remember why we are here. we're here so that afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for trans national extremists the way it was when al qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks. before he moved on to u.s. germany and other flight schools. and of course other attacks have emanated from here or the region because it's a regional issue as well. >> you talk about unity of effort but the national security team under this administration has not had that. i wonder what you think the impact is, the residual impact is of general mcchrystal being fired because his speaking publicly aired some real differences within the national