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 insubordinate. it was unfortunate what his staff said. at the end of the day, he s a war hero. he s a great general. it s great to see petraeus is taking the helm. the guy who was the architect of the iraq surge. the biggers question are the sentiments behind what he said. at the end of the day, he because expressing serious frustration about the support he was receiving from the white house, about the civilian leadership, in holbrooke, and eikenberry, and about this