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His assessment, does it match up with how you see things going? >> you know, it really doesnt. what we were told by general mcchrystal and what he said about marjah being a bleeding ulcer, and we had reports that the governments, that the afghans were supposed to do as a follow on didnt happen. i think he was trying to put a positive spin on it. these congressmen passed the war supplemental, so i think there is a gap between what general petraeus is saying and what is happening on the ground. he...

>> let me ask you also about afghanistan. afghanistan obviously thrusts back into the headlines because of the mick cycchrystal scandal. is afghanistan likely to remain a policy issue? or could it become a politics issue? could it be a sleeper issue in this election? >> i think it will be a sleeper issue only if it erupts. i think otherwise it will be kind of as mcchrystal said, a bleeding ulcer. sort of low level fever. but if, look, if things go south badly and the status quo doesnt hold, then...

But sadly. >> let me ask you also about afghanistan. afghanistan obviously thrusts back into the headlines because of the mcchrystal scandal. is afghanistan likely to remain cap a policy issue? or could it become a politics issue? could it be a sleeper issue in this election? >> i think it will be a sleeper issue only if it erupts. i think otherwise it will be kind of as mcchrystal said, a bleeding ulcer. sort of low level fever. but if, look, if things go south badly and the status quo doesnt h...

He was rethinking it after the success. he called it a bleeding ulcer. hes very interesting for me, shannon, as an anthropologist because i put him in the projects of the scottish-irish culture of america. he xexemplifies it. he respects bravery and courage and honor in other people. thats why he saw this in the iran people and changed with the paradigm of how to deal with them and upset a lot of people in the american army and others, because the taliban was seeing him as a different kind of so...

Enough progress to think this strategy is working? because its not working so far. the mardja was mcchrystals campaign. create not just a military victory but what he called a government in a box where there you give the afghan space to come up and do their thing to run the show. in fact, they havent done that and the taliban has been resurgent there. january mcchrystal called it a bleeding ulcer. the objective is create enough space for the afghan government to flourish and create a civilian in...

In july 2011? or do we need to leave it more open ended? so the military can have flexibility to fight and win? thats a debate to come. i was pleased to see the presidents muse can you -- muscular speech today, though. he talked about defeating al qaeda. he said we are a nation at war. the question is, will he back up his military, as that deadline gets closer, and remain muscular if hes under a lot of pressure in his own party not to be that way. thats the big fight to come, larry. >> larry: mi...

Sorry afghanistan, and weve already decided that were going with this coin strategy. in that respect i dont think so. also we have to remember that general petraeus doesnt have the skeletons in his closet that general mcchrystal did that he was asked about during his senate confirmation hearings. >> deadliest month in afghanistan. its on track to be the deadliest year in afghanistan for u.s. troops. marjah is in mcchrystals own words a "bleeding ulcer." operation in kandahar and the karzai gover...

In that respect i dont think so. also we have to to remember that general petraeus doesnt have the skeletons in his closet that general mcchrystal did during the hearings. >> deadliest month in afghanistan. its on track to be the deadliest year in afghanistan for u.s. troops. marja is a bleeding ulcer. theyve delayed the planned operation in canada ha and the karzai government is threatening to kuts a deal with the taliban. none of those are good and encouraging signs. what happens if general pe...

Other men like and david cocoen these are the men that authored the modern coin strategy, and so weve had the discussion about the strategy in iraq or afghanistan, and weve already decided were going with this coin strategy. in that respect i dont think so. also we have to to remember that general petraeus doesnt have the skeletons in his closet that general mcchrystal did that he was asked about during his senate confirmation hearings. >> deadliest month in afghanistan. its on track to be the d...

A new strategy and they sort of said, were on board. and now theyre going, whoa. so theres -- in the end z-- >> its not going well. >> gates said last sunday, its too early to judge this. he thinks the reporting is off base in terms of, oh, my goodness, its terrible. but i have to tell you, there is some pretty lousy reports coming out of afghanistan from some great journalists. >> the battle in marjah right now is a bleeding ulcer, general mcchrystal said. thats not exactly a vote of confidence...