operation that he thinks has the chance to ultimately succeed. andrea? >> mik, you talk to the military all the time, you're a veteran at all of this. what are you getting, what is the mood there among the military about the way the brass is being treated by the civilian side of the operation and the rebuke, really, from secretary gates and the signals that are coming out of the white house towards general mcchrystal? >> well, you know, traditionally the military leadership tries not to get out in front of the president of the united states. there are some examples over history that really didn't end too well for those men in uniform. and they think this whole thing is being overblown a little bit on mcchrystal's part. but they do acknowledge that some of what was said may have gone a little too far or even further than other military offices have been willing to say publicly in the past, particularly what appeared to be