stan mcchrystal has always shown great courtesy and carried out my orders faithfully. i've got great admiration for him and for his long record of service in uniform. >> larry: joining us, ari fleisher, former white house spokesman for president george bush. pete hegseth is president of vets for freedom. he's an iraqi war veteran. peter beinart is the author of "the icarus syndrome, a history of american hubris." and john soltz returns, co-founder and chair of vote vets.org. and staying with us in kabul is "rolling stone's" michael hastings, who wrote that article about general stanley mcchrystal that will be everywhere on friday. what do you make of these developments? >> shocking.