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In july 2011? or do we need to leave it more open ended? so the military can have flexibility to fight and win? that's a debate to come. i was pleased to see the president's muse can you -- muscular speech today, though. he talked about defeating al qaeda. he said we are a nation at war. the question is, will he back up his military, as that deadline gets closer, and remain muscular if he's under a lot of pressure in his own party not to be that way. that's the big fight to come, larry. >> larry: michael, is general mcchrystal confident about an eventual victory there? >> general mcchrystal re...

Sorry afghanistan, and we've already decided that we're going with this coin strategy. in that respect i don't think so. also we have to remember that general petraeus doesn't have the skeletons in his closet that general mcchrystal did that he was asked about during his senate confirmation hearings. >> deadliest month in afghanistan. it's on track to be the deadliest year in afghanistan for u.s. troops. marjah is in mcchrystal's own words a "bleeding ulcer." operation in kandahar and the karzai government as it seemingly always is, threatening to cut a deal with the taliban. none of those are...

In that respect i don't think so. also we have to to remember that general petraeus doesn't have the skeletons in his closet that general mcchrystal did during the hearings. >> deadliest month in afghanistan. it's on track to be the deadliest year in afghanistan for u.s. troops. marja is a bleeding ulcer. they've delayed the planned operation in canada ha and the karzai government is threatening to kuts a deal with the taliban. none of those are good and encouraging signs. what happens if general petraeus cannot turn that mess around, and what particularly could a man of petraeus' previous sta...

Other men like and david cocoen these are the men that authored the modern coin strategy, and so we've had the discussion about the strategy in iraq or afghanistan, and we've already decided we're going with this coin strategy. in that respect i don't think so. also we have to to remember that general petraeus doesn't have the skeletons in his closet that general mcchrystal did that he was asked about during his senate confirmation hearings. >> deadliest month in afghanistan. it's on track to be the deadliest year in afghanistan for u.s. troops. marja is a bleeding ulcer. they've delayed the p...

A new strategy and they sort of said, we're on board. and now they're going, whoa. so there's -- in the end z-- >> it's not going well. >> gates said last sunday, it's too early to judge this. he thinks the reporting is off base in terms of, oh, my goodness, it's terrible. but i have to tell you, there is some pretty lousy reports coming out of afghanistan from some great journalists. >> the battle in marjah right now is a bleeding ulcer, general mcchrystal said. that's not exactly a vote of confidence that things are going in the right direction. >> and secretary gates as said, we must be abl...