FREDO DOESN'T GET IT

Pres. Fredo gave an interview to 2 WaPo reporters and had this to say:

"There's not a lot of people saying, "Get out now." Most Americans are saying, "We want to achieve the objective.""

We can quibble about what "not a lot" means but according to a 12/15-17 poll by CNN, 21% want to withdraw IMMEDIATELY. A 12/8-10 poll by CBS found that 25% want to remove ALL the troops from Iraq. You can find more polls here.


Here's a great series of questions, ending terrifically:

President Lincoln fired a number of his generals in the Civil War until he found Grant.

Is that what triggered your question, looking at Abe?

Why haven't you fired any generals? And does the fact that you haven't fired generals suggest that you are satisfied with the military strategy that they have pursued?

We're reviewing the strategy, because it has -- the results aren't -- we haven't achieved the results as quickly as we wanted -- precisely what the secretary of defense said, by the way. And the chain-of-command issues are issues that percolate up through the Pentagon. And there is a clear chain of command that I adhere to, and I think it's important for the commander in chief to do just that.
I've often talked about how it's important to trust the judgment of the military when they're making military plans as the key advisers to the president, as opposed to the president determining the tactics on the ground, which has happened in previous wars. And so I'm a strict adherer to the command structure.

But isn't there a point in which you say, "We screwed up the amount of troops we need there, we screwed up the WMD, someone ought to pay a penalty for that"?

There is a constant review of the commanders, and I support that constant review. And to the extent that people think they can do -- somebody can do a better job, those recommendations will come forward.

I'd love to hear Fredo explain why Tenet, Bremer and Franks were given the Medal of Freedom.