wake of this "rolling stone" story, then he's got to be able to get a commander of equal talent and ability which is going to be real hard to do on the ground running without having to do a completely new reassessment all on a fixed timeline. because general mcchrystal, you know, his behavior was, you know, really tested the limits of recklessness in saying in his staff saying what they did in front of a "rolling stone" reporter is really one of the three or four top generals to -- army generals to have emerged over the last ten years of fighting in iraq and afghanistan. yes, there are other options that have been mentioned already through the course of the day. you could bring in marine general james mad ic who like general mcchrystal is incredibly well read, who combines an intellectualism with being a warrior. you could kind of demote general petraeus and have him take