"It could be that the President does not understand this."

At the moment there is no evidence the president understands anything about the war.

What does the President understand that word to mean, for himself, and the people he chooses to be close around him?

How many more have to die before our president and his generals understand this?

"I do wonder just how much the President understands what is going on about him."

The President didn't understand any of this, but wasn't about to admit that.

The president and his people now plainly understand the cost of getting it wrong.

"The President just doesn't understand that people want economic leadership, not more political blame," he said.

"Even the president of a bank doesn't understand his own loan portfolio."

"The president understands how very many sides there are on this issue," he said.