about our strategy. nor do i make this decision out of any sense of personal insult. 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. pete hesef is president of vets for freedom. he s an iraqi war veteran. peter barnhart is the author of theic russ syndrome, a history of american hubris. and john saltz returns, co-founder and chair of vets.org. he served as a captain during operation iraqi freedom. staying with us from kabul is rolling stone s michael hastings who wrote that bombshell article about general mcchrystal what will be
of what was coming? yes, i talked to an individual on the staff of general mcchrystal s staff who deals with his press. i gave him i sort of indicated to him that it could be a rough couple days. but i didn t expect it was going to be as rough as it turned out to be for them. i would disagree with ari just saying i m pretty happy with the policies they have and hope they continue them. larry: all right, pete, what do you make of it? vets for freedom, iraqi war veteran. pete, what s your read? his comments were not he wasn t insub board nat. at the end of the day, he s a war hero. it s great to see petraeus is taking the helm. the guy who was the architect of the iraq surge. the biggest question is the sentiments behind what he said. at the end of the day, he because expressing serious frustration about the support he