I saw the comical footage of the "overall Iraqi general" announce the new security plan on Iraqi TV. The managers of this propaganda moment were hoping that he would be able to instill fear a la era of Saddam. But he came across more like a fumbling soldier who was put before the camera at short notice. People of Iraq know that a US soldier in Iraq has more influence and clout than all those so-called Iraqi generals. Please spare us this deception.