allow his staff to speak to the press this way, to allow his staff to fester, that's an example of how he is talking to them. he is not taking the president's intent and putting it into the chain of command. so, he's created an environment that has festered this type of insubordination and lack of chain of command of control. if the president does not reprimand and remove general mccrystal in a way he has undermined his own authority no different than a school teacher in a class. >> the president is commander in chief, isn't he? you just don't do what the general did? >> let be very clear here. i think it was well stated by the fact that general mccrystal said very little, quoted very little in the article. most of that -- and i'm not trying to defend what was said. but these folks, he pulled out with him, came out of special operations community. what you saw was general mccrystal unplugged for better or worse. that's what it is. and, you know, when you look at what was said, look, a lot of folks in the military don't like having to deal with civilians in