put somebody else in charge right now, yet we very much want you to assist. >> to american troops like reporting to a french general in effect? >> they won't. they won't. a staff officer will, but the command lines will be u.s. through all the way up through the u.s. the u.s. does not subordinate its commands. >> in fato takes over, does that effectively reduce the scope of this operation, given the fact that turkey, germany, some other allies aren't happy with the broad nature of this operation? >> i think the attempt is to align what the u.n. mandate says with the applicational force. the concern is there's been an acceleration and expansion in these early stages, only to set the conditions for a no-fly zone. >> let's bring in retirmd u.s. general wesley clark. he himself is a former nato supreme allied commander. general clark, it looks like