Diane Rehm Interviews Angry Robert Gates Re:"Duty: Memoirs Of A Secretary At War"

I am a Marine officer about to deploy to Afghanistan for my fifth deployment. I have had a hard time explaining to my men the the purpose of our mission there - and that was before excerpts of your book were published. Now I must contend with the fact that many of them believe that their commander in chief does not believe in the mission for which they are being asked to risk their lives. 
I was a long time admirer of you, Mr. Gates. I have to say that I am deeply disappointed in your decision to have this book talked about at this time. You are smart enough to have known the adverse effect that his would have on the morale of men who are going into harm's way. Why did you choose now to write a tell-all book? Despite what the country may think, we are still deploying to this war. If you truly cared about "doing the right thing" for the troops, you would have waited a year or two to write this book.
Tom
Camp Pendleton CA