i respect david petraeus. i respect his 37 years of service to our country. i respect his command ability. i respect this great intellect that he has where he can speak literally on dozens of subjects. you know, training manuals, counter insurgency, various military tactics. and he is one of our brightest and our best. there is no counter to that. here's a problem that we have. our tours are long. they are multiple. whether you're a private or a four star, coming back into civilian society is difficult. here's a man, and you see "time" magazine and the medals he has. you see the stars. one day, he takes all of that off. he's in a plain blue suit like this. he looks no different from you or you or you. he looks a bit different from us. having said that, there's no entourage. there's no driver.