Will Petraeus News Today

Next for the war on the ground in afghanistan? retired colonel jack jacobs an msnbc analyst and "newsweeks" jonathan alter, author of "the promise." congratulations, jonathan. once again, youve scored a big one in your book "the promise." its got all about the run-up to this with the fights between the president and general mcchrystal. its a great look, by the way. anybody who wants to read a book at how we got to today read "the promise" by john. let me start with colonel jacobs on the ground o...

2011, subject to review of conditions on the ground, but basic mix and petraeus said yes, sir. yes, mr. president, i agree. >> colonel, now that the dust has cleared and we have a new leader in afghanistan, let me ask you about the critique of this administration by mcchrystal and his team in the article in "rolling stone," which everybody is going to be reading now, oddly enough, after the removal of mcchrystal. anyway, the shot against the president for not being prepared in the initial meetin...

Next for the war on the ground in afghanistan? retired colonel jack jacobs an msnbc analyst and "newsweeks" jonathan alter, author of "the promise." congratulations, jonathan. once again, youve scored a big one in your book "the promise." its got all about the run-up to this with the fights between the president and general mcchrystal. its a great look, by the way. anybody who wants to read a look at how we got to today read "the promise" by john. let me start with colonel jacobs on the ground o...

I need some more flexibility, and if i were the taliban who is supposedly celebrating today at all the problems back here in washington, i wouldnt be celebrating too long, because actually petraeus is going to have more room to maneuver than mcchrystal did. >> yes. he potentially is a doug macarthur and you talked about grandeur, hes going to ask for more troops. >> you said doug macarthur was so big because he basically helped win the second world war. >> and now petraeus has that. >> has that ...

Escalation, and obama wanted it to be much faster than petraeus. petraeus tried to hesitate and say, well, you know, its different from iraq in this way and that way. we cant do it as fast, and obama said wait a minute. your last presentation was about how its similar to iraq, and if its not, were not going to do this. were not going to fight this war if you cant get us in fast and out fast. thats the policy. >> so petraeus buys into the idea we can as a country, the united states can largely mo...

More troops six months to a dwraer down the road and ask for a relaxation of the deadline to begin wraug. >> thats the heart of my question. >> did petraeus say, wait a minute, mr. petraeus, but i need more flexibility. >> behind all this, if you read all the comments, especially from some on the republican side is a basic conflict. counterinsurgency means you eliminate the taliban at some point, like the viet cong. counterinsurgency beat the rebel forces, in this case the taliban. knock them ou...

Problem here, mcchrystal, otherwise a noble soldier, but said things he shouldnt have and allowed things to be said around him. he issued a warning today about division. who is he sending that message to in naming petraeus? hes not washing petraeus, is he? who is he warning? >> his own administration. i thought it was a remarkable moment there in the rose garden. yes, he was great and in charge and in command as commander in chief, as andrea said, but he was also basically pleading with his own ...

>> i said to the person i was talking to in the white house, i assume as soon as the president read this thing in "rolling stone" monday night mcchrystal is out because thats how i would have -- >> i heard somewhere they were going through names last night as replacements. >> thats not true. pains to tell me and probably told andrea that they wanted a very deliberative process here. they waited and had petraeus rocked up. >> when did they decide to sack him? >> you probably do know more than i, ...

Retired colonel jack jacobs an msnbc analyst and "newsweeks" jonathan alter, author of "the promise." congratulations, jonathan. once again, youve scored a big one in your book "the promise." its got all about the run-up with this with the fights between the president and general mcchrystal. its a great look, by the way. anybody who wants to read a look at how we got to today read "the promise" by john. let me start with colonel jacobs on the ground over there in afghanistan, just debating as we...

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