by not only our ambassador in kabul, but the administration in washington. i don't think under those circumstances he could perform very well. now, there's a bigger issue here, though. and this issue, which i think is much, much bigger than the insubordination issue, both the president and he are in sync, and that is that we should remain in afghanistan. that's the much bigger issue. one of the things secretary of defense marshall said about truman's firing about mcarthur is look what it's done for the morale of the trips for ridgeway, look what it's done for the morale of troops in afghanistan to have revealed this about mcchrystal. he doesn't think the leadership above him is competent. that can't be very reassuring to the troops, marines, soldiers, and others in afghanistan. >> something else about the relationship as much in sync as they may seem. let me read you another passage from this article. instead of beginning to withdraw troops next year, the military hopes to ramp-up the insurgency