i do think it was very important for president obama to be very clear that the military could not undermine what is at the core of our democracy which is civilian control of the military. but i fear that he hasn t yet, though there is the possibility of engaging the real exit strategy, that s not the exit of general mcchrystal to be replaced by a general, a new general with the same old strategy, but it is time to have ta debate, president obama says he welcomes, not division but debate, a debate americans deserve about what i would argue is a counterproductive failing strategy in afghanistan with no achievable mission with 46 americans killed this past month. billions poured into a country every month at a time when this country needs the resources to rebuild. and when there are alternative separate jazz, ed, in fact, vice president biden who was knocked out by general mcchrystal as you recall, when the debate was under way last year, has more of