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Chapter Seven of the Counterinsurgency Manual ( "Leadership and Ethics for Counterinsurgency") that McChrystal supposedly adopted as his blueprint for turning around the war begins by declaring the need for senior commenders "proactively to establish and maintain the proper ethical climate of their organizations," one based on the "inextricable link" between honor and morality.

Mark Levine: General McChrystal and the Wages of Hypocrisy 2010

He botched the war because he was not listening to the commenders.

The Early Word: Both Candidates Compared to Bush - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

The last thing you would want in a president at this point is someone who does not listen to the commenders.

The Early Word: Both Candidates Compared to Bush - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

That was the number one problem with Bush he went to Iraq and did not listen to the commenders.

The Early Word: Both Candidates Compared to Bush - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

What is up with all these people (#3) saying that they Trust Obama to withdraw the troop no matter what the commenders on the ground say.

The Early Word: Both Candidates Compared to Bush - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

And whence do I know, and whence do I confidently confess unto Thee, that I had loved him more for the love of his commenders, than for the very things for which he was commended?

The Confessions 1999

But it is not enough that we give our testimony in behalf of this benign truth; it behooves us to be doers of the work as well as hearers and commenders.

Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

You shall hear him confute his commenders, and giving reasons how much they are mistaken, and is angry almost if they do not believe him.

Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters John Earle

In the very beginning of the Dedication, Jonson says that every author ought to be heedful of his fame: -- 'Never, most equal sisters, had any man a wit so presently excellent as that it could raise itself, but there must come both matter, occasion, commenders, and favourers to it.

Shakspere and Montaigne Jacob Feis

And whence do I know, and whence do I confidently confess unto Thee, that I had loved him more for the love of his commenders, than for the very things for which he was commended?

The Fourth Book 1909