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We'll ask dick durbin. >> it is two quagmires we're facing. afghanistan first. it is an ugly picture of corruption running rampant. karzai taking money from everybody. the good news, the president went over there to visit the troops, always a good thing to do. on the other hand, we've been fighting this war longer an any war in american history. they said we're going it be there at least till 2014. the regime we're propping up is as corrupt as anything the world has seen or known. al qaeda left to go to pakistan. i don't know why we're there. the american people need answers on what's going on...

Afghanistan first. it is an ugly picture of corruption running rampant. karzai taking money from everybody. the good news, the president went over there to visit the troops, always a good thing to do. on the other hand, we've been fighting this war longer an any war in american history. they said we're going it be there at least till 2014. the regime we're propping up is as corrupt as anything the world has seen or known. al qaeda left to go to pakistan. i don't know why we're there. the american people need answers on what's going on over there and what the strategy is. on the job front, the ...

Within his authority, and i have to tell you that i think it was a brilliant and inspired move to look to general petraeus who is obviously a successfully executed a counterinsurgency attack in iraq. >> positive move on the part of the president. >> look, wolf, the article came at a time when there were deep doubts in the republicans and the democrats in congress who were questioning the administration for strategy and some think it is more troops and some think you need to pressure the karzai government, and some related and nonrelated criticisms of the strategy, and now they have to put up t...

Article, it would have been difficult if not impossible for mcchrystal to work with vice president biden or ambassador holbrooke or the national security adviser general jim jones. i don't know how they could have worked together. >> it would have been hard. of course they were dysfunctional before this occurred, wolf. but i think that's one additional benefit of putting general petraeus in there that he is going to -- the dysfunctionalitiy will end with petraeus because he has a very good relationship with dick holbrooke. i've talked to him a lot about this. he will get along well with ambass...

The mature attitude necessary for a cohesive attitude toward the war. mcchrystal and his staff did not and therefore could not be trusted to follow the orders correctly. this is serious business and thousands of american and allied lives on the line, and obama must do everything in his power to ensure the best possible outcome regardless of the personalities. shelly writes that one man should not matter. he was a manager and that it is. he was responsible for implementing a strat jishgs and seems that the corrupt karzai government was the most supportive of mcchrystal's role which does not giv...