Welcome to reclaiming patriotism. I'm Ken Harbaugh. There is a reckoning happening in our country right now.

From the Me Too movement to the march for our lives, people are challenging the status quo and demanding unaccounting.

It has made some reconsider the way they think about their country. Patriotism itself has not escaped this reckoning, which is why we're here today.

No, I think patriotism now is being defined as loyalty to Donald Trump and I don't think that's patriotism.

Um, not a full blooded patriot. Not particularly. It seems like the people who claim that title have a certain set of beliefs which are very different from my understanding of patriotism.

So if I were to tell people yes, I'm very patriotic, they would have an incorrect understanding of what I think and who I am.

When I joined the military, it was out of a sense of duty, an act of obligation to a country that had given me so much.

In hindsight, I understand that my youthful patriotism was born of a certain privilege. I never had to worry about what might happen to me during a traffic stop or that my parents could afford their medication.

My moment of reckoning came in a hospital 10 years ago as my infant daughter underwent the first of a series of surgeries for a craniofacial reconstruction.

I will never forget the panic in her eyes as the anesthesiologist held a clear plastic mask to her face.

There is no fear like leaving one's child on an operating table, then retreating helpless to the waiting area.

I knew that this surgery, though best for my kid, might bankrupt my family. I was between jobs and like so many Americans facing a mountain of medical bills.

One of my greatest grits in life is that it took the suffering of my own child to more clearly appreciate the suffering of others.

My wake-up call came in that hospital waiting room, realizing that true love of country demands reckoning.

How can it make sense to fight our enemies abroad if we neglect to care for the most vulnerable here at home?

Patriotism requires that we are not only proud of America's achievements, but honest about our faults.

We cannot love our country if we are unable or unwilling to reckon.

Today, I sit down with two people who have experienced very different kinds of reckoning.

General Stanley McChrystal served as commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan.

He shares with us the challenges he faced in that role and how we might, as a nation, reckon with the wars fought in our name.

But first, we hear from retired master sergeant Mike Washington, a decorated U.S. Marine and firefighter who describes how he has come to terms with losing his own son in Afghanistan and how that has impacted the way he feels about his country.

Master Sergeant Mike Washington, it is such an incredible honor to have you on the show. Thanks for making time.

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