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Your read on these incredible developments today and the article by mr. hastings? >> i think the critical issue is the one your guests just got to. which is president obama said this flap has nothing to do with the disagreement over policy. if you read michael hastings' remarkable article, it's very clear that is not the case. in fact, there is a fundamental difference between mcchrystal's desire for an all-in counterinsurgency campaign with as much money and as many years as it will take and barack obama's clear desire to put limits on our intervention in afghanistan. and all of these small t...

Beinart, author of the new book "the icarus syndrome," what's your read? >> i think the critical issue is the one your guests just got to. which is president obama said this flap has nothing to do with the disagreement over policy. if you read michael hastings remarkable article, it's very clear that is not the case. in fact, there is a fundamental difference between mcchrystal's desire for an all-in counterinsurgency campaign with as much money and as many years as it will take and barack obama's clear desire to put limits on our intervention in afghanistan. and all of these small things abou...

Obviously the pope felt he needed to speak directly to the people of ireland in the wake of that. >> what are you hearing so far as far as support for what he did and maybe some criticism for this letter for maybe what wasn't in there? what are you hearing so far? i know reaction has to be coming in. >> yeah. i would say, t.j., the reaction is mixed. on the one hand the letter does clearly address a couple long-standing criticisms of the church. i think a root question from the beginning of this crisis has been simply does the pope get it? does he understand the gravity of the crisis? the lett...