While Anderson was privately aghast at Fredendall's shortcomings, he seemed frozen by the need to preserve a united Allied front, and never risked his career by strongly protesting (or threatening to resign) over what many of his own American subordinates viewed as an untenable command structure.
Mens Anderson privat var forfærdet over Fredendalls mangler, lod han til at være paralyseret af behovet for at opretholde en forenet allieret front, og bragte aldrig sin karriere på spil ved kraftigt at protestere (eller true med at tage sin afsked) over, hvad mange af hans egne amerikanske underordnede betragtede som en uholdbar kommandostruktur.