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A feeling of failure, a feeling of weakness, a feel of dishonor and ultimate lay feeling that there needs to be accountability somewhere, anywhere, and that picture of general donahue from all i have heard he is a great soldier. but if you look at the information, there has been hundreds of generals in the field over the last 20 years over these conflicts not one has ever been relieved by military brass for combat ineffectiveness. these are wars lost not by troops on the ground but by political ...

A long time correspondent, over the past decade of war not a single army general has been relieved of duty for combat ineffectiveness. how much of a failure is that? >> i think it is a failure. if we think of military history, some people do well and some people do less well and institutions thrive and succeed only if that distinction is made. but over the last -- in the civil war, abraham lincoln was removing generals and world war ii and i they were saying this general is good and that general...