Tactical military operations resume in Iraq; Tactical political cannibalism continues on home front; 9-11 Commission invokes flashback to Pearl Harbor hearings ; Terrorists await "reality-TV" spectacle of Bush's partisan opponents grilling Condoleeza Rice during, and after, testimony before 9-11 Commission.

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Tactical military operations resume in Iraq; Tactical political cannibalism continues on home front; 9-11 Commission invokes flashback to Pearl Harbor hearings ; Terrorists await "reality-TV" spectacle of Bush's partisan opponents grilling Condoleeza Rice during, and after, testimony before 9-11 Commission.·

Tactical military operations-- That Roosevelt, Churchill, Eisenhower and McArthur did not, and could not have, foreseen the precise nature of every setback and countermeasure that would unfold in World War II did not undermine the moral imperative of the war against Fascism. That such setbacks occurred after Roosevelt and Churchill celebrated tactical and strategic successes preceding them did not undermine the moral validity of their leadership or comprise a basis for adversaries to impugn their motives for morale-boosting celebrations of successes. Did flawed intelligence lead to losses of thousands of lives in World War II? Of course. It's an imperfect world. Did flawed intelligence lead to underestimations of enemy capabilities at various points in the conflict? Of course. It's an imperfect world.

Is resumption of tactical military operations in Iraq indicative of Bush's failure to have precisely foreseen the insurgency forcing such resumption? Of course. That all setbacks and tactics necessary for overcoming them for ultimate victory unfolds cannot be foreseen with precision far in advance of a morally-just war does not negate the morality or wisdom of its justification.

Tactical political cannibalism-- As tactical military operations resume in Iraq to deal with setbacks in the form of more aggressive resistance by both Islamic fanatics and Sunni loyalists to Saddam Hussein's barbaric regime, many of Bush's adversaries will again stoop to political cannibalism by citing the resumption of such operations in order to mock Bush's morale-boosting, carrier-landing announcement that "major combat operations [were] over." Furthermore, Bush's adversaries will characterize Bush-supporters' criticisms of their judgment in expressing such criticisms as attacks on their "patriotism."

In the minds of Bush's most most virulent opponents, for them to allege he toppled Hussein to provide profits to his "financial supporters" does not constitute an attack on his "patriotism," but it does constitute an attack on the "patriotism" of Bush's opponents for his supporters to express the common-sense criticism that such attacks on him by his opponents have the effect of encouraging our adversaries to believe political opposition will sufficiently undermine his authority to enhance their chances of prevailing against us. They have it backwards-- attacks impugning Bush's motives are attacks on his patriotism but criticism disparaging the judgment of such political opponents' tactics are not attacks on their "patriotism."

9-11 Commission's Pearl Harbor Flashback-- Understanding how political cannibalism changed the question of whether Rice ought to testify before the 9-11 Commission from a tactical issue to a strategic one (see "Di-Cast") does not negate the validity of criticisms that notwithstanding the 9-11 Commission's too-stridently-professed intention to be "bi-partisan" or "non-partisan," the conduct of such inquiry now is feeding, rather than diminishing, political cannibalism over foreign policy at a time when such cannibalism makes us more, rather than less, vulnerable. Much is being made today over reports that the 9-11 Commission "persuaded" Bush to relinquish his opposition to Condoleeza Rice testifying under oath before the Commission by faxing Bush's counsel a picture of Harry Truman's chief of staff testifying under oath before Congress in hearings into whether we could have prevented, or been better prepared for, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. What the Commission, the dominant media and the rest of Bush's opponents ignore is that the Pearl Harbor inquiry occurred after, not during, World War II. What the Commission, the dominant media and the rest of Bush's opponents ignore that the conduct of such inquiry at such time could not have encouraged our then-defeated adversaries to believe we might lose our will to win the war since we had already won it.

Reality-TV Programming for Terrorist Audience-- One may agree that Bush's reversal of his initial opposition to formation of the 9-11 Commission as well as his reversal of his initial opposition to Condoleeza Rice publicly testifying under oath before the Commission became strategic necessities in fighting the home-front war against political cannibalism in order to covertly as well as overtly wage world-wide war against Islamic fanatics and rogue states supporting them while nevertheless disagreeing with the formation of such commission to conduct such inquiry now and and nevertheless criticizing its operational effect of feeding political cannibalism despite the fact that some members of the Commission may have genuinely (and naively) hoped to prevent the Commission's work from being politicized. Meanwhile, the spectacle of political cannibalism cannot help but provide encouragement to Islamic fanatics and Saddam Hussein loyalists hoping for Bush to be restrained to political developments in the U.S. Does that mean we shouldn't be trying to discover, and repair, deficiencies in our intelligence, analysis of same, defensive preparedness and offensive capabilities to reduce the incidence of terrorist attacks against us in the future? Of course not. Could that be done, and has much of it already been done, without a redundant investigation by a "bi-partisan" Commission perceiving part of its function to publicly highlight our current and former vulnerabilities? Yes. Would the latter maximize remedial action without maximizing vulnerabilities? Yes.

Educational TV-- Usama's Favorite Show.

To cohorts, a note from bin Laden:
I'm certain you haven't forgotten
Somalia's lesson:
Barbarity lessens
resistance to paths we have trodden.

To boost your morale I am naming
a program to augment your training:
Reality shows
the Infidels show
will augment your video training.

The best Q and A exposition
of Infidels' weakest positions
to learn without paying
are broadcasts displaying
their own 9-11 Commission.

Via satellite reception somewhere in a mud hut in the no-man's-land between Afghanistan and Pakistan, if not in luxurious accommodations in Tehran, Usama bin Laden must be enjoying our international version of Reality-TV: Terror Survivors aka Political Cannibalism aka 9-11 Hearings. --Jim Wrenn, Editor at PoliSat.Com.

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