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McChrystal on Petraeus' resignation, gun control

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    Retired Army general on 'Fox & Friends'

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About General McChrystal his book is out now everyone's talking about it's called my share of the task and every American should read it to find out what everyone's been doing sacrificing -- over the past ten years -- to detail.

General Saddam Hussein gets captured.

And you we see video of him going through his hair and giving it dental exam big mistake you -- Well I think that.

He was the leader of the nation whether the Iraqi People liked him or didn't like him.

It was very important how he was handled because -- it wasn't as much that particular footage but it was later.

When we hit -- triumphal.

News conference and we said we got -- program I I thought that it would have been better had we.

Let the Iraqis take credit for that.

Iraq was gonna have to accept responsibility.

And as much as they may have worn at Saddam Hussein out -- really -- want foreign forces in their country either.

And it was important that we not give them the sense that we are occupier was the insurgency that you fought overcame and he said we're losing 2004.

Was it avoidable.

I think that it probably wise I think Iraq was much more complex than we appreciated.

Before the invasion of the spring of 2003.

I think there was a window for -- spring of 2003 probably for six or eight months -- Better security and better actions could have been taken to prevent it but there were forces there were Sunni forces -- you know secretary -- forces.

That would have to have been dealt with but I think that we could have.

Control that better than we did -- general would you get out your reading glasses and if you would the last paragraph of your book.

But he is so powerful in talks a lot about look at what you've got to the last couple years which is review of your life and review your service.

This is the last paragraph actually of this speech I gave my retirement at the end of July.

And I said if I had to do it over again I'd do some things in my career differently.

But not many I believed in people and I still believe -- I trusted.

And I still trust.

I cared.

I still care.

Wouldn't have had it any other way to the young leaders of today and tomorrow.

It's a great life -- you.

Thank you thank you for your service are you enjoying the last chapter revealing I am and keep his -- this cabinet -- in the civilian world I am.

You -- long to put in uniform I miss soldiers.

I don't miss.

Bureaucracy of being in a big organization like any big organization does.

And I -- the mission.

But I love -- and I love working with companies on leadership which is what I do and -- he could see -- on FOX & Friends.

And Bryant had to put that in -- the next -- what all of this was just a road to get here.

The idea -- -- -- radio we'll talk for a half so much better for it very much and thank you okay take if you're looking for a good book I check it out my share of the task.

We're gonna -- Tinseltown Oscar nominations general -- -- miss that that's coming up next and he -- celebrities who.

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