00:00Henry McChrystal. To civilian leadership. Now, there have been political military officers and
00:05there have been fits and starts. But generally, the military has been apolitical affiliation or
00:12for following policies that they had been instructed to follow. It concerns you. Yes,
00:17ma'am. What will it take for our military to get back into best interest? You do what's required
00:25by these values you've decided to embrace. And so I don't see enough leaders willing to do that now.
00:32I see. By serving along people of different religions, different backgrounds, different
00:39places in the country, perhaps who don't even vote like you. What have you learned about the
00:44cohesiveness of both the military and civil society? Yeah, my personal experience in the
00:51military. They're certainly unevenly viewed. Some people will grab on to the idea that I've got
00:57rights to do whatever I want. And yet. What are the responsibilities besides voting and paying taxes?
01:03Yeah. That would make a good citizen. I think if you're looking at what those things,
01:07one would be serving when required for idea of service, that every young American ought to be
01:12given the opportunity to do at least a year of full-time service when they are immersed in the
01:17experience. And here's what I believe. If you invested in the nation, you take more interest
01:23in it. And so I spend the night up there just because that war, even civil war, is never as
01:32far
01:32away as we like to believe. Well, I mean, in your book on character, you reject the notion that
01:38another civil war is unthinkable. General Stan McChrystal, thank you so much for joining me.
