The Bush Administration never learns, never figures out critical matters,
and never learns from its mistakes. It is almost as if miscalculation is
its principal mode of calculation. The Iraqi response to American build up
prior to the war was miscalculated. The belief that Iraqis would rise up
after the initial bombing campaign and joyously overthrow the regime of
Saddam Hussein was miscalculated. The belief that Iraqis would greet
victorious Allied forces was yet another miscalculation. The goal of
quickly restoring electricity to Baghdad and to the nation was a grave
miscalculation, as was the belief that oil could be quickly pumped to the
world market to boost U.S. revenues (ostensibly in behalf of the Iraqi
people <wink, wink / nod, nod>
Now, having killed the two "lions of Iraq" the sons of Saddam Hussein, the
American authorities seem to have calculated that resistance to U.S.
occupation will end or diminish. What is the track record of U.S.
calculations?
If a foreign nation were to find new technology and war-making capabilities
and somehow defeat the U.S. military and overthrow the U.S. government and
occupy the entire United States (or even a part of it), do you believe the
U.S. citizenry, including trained military and ex-military personnel would
not resist the occupation? Does any rational human being in the U.S. or the
world believe that resistance to a foreign occupation of the U.S. would
cease if the occupying powers killed one or two sons of a deposed President?
Why would the Iraqis love the occupying forces for killing people that were
already on the run and out of power? Would that make the brutal
occupation, the door to door weapons searches, the continued imprisonment of
Iraqi citizens, the obvious lust for Iraqi oil any more palatable?
No matter how many additional calculations are devised by the American
government, the common factor remains the multiplicand figure "zero". All
calculations must be multiplied by zero, because that is the degree of
competence and consideration of Iraqi citizenry's needs integrated into the
equation. Anything times zero equals zero. The usefulness of American
calculations under the myopic regime of George W. Bush (the Qusay of
Kennebunkport) is nil.
The writer is a member of several falconry and ornithological clubs and
organizations. He contributed above article to Media Monitors Network (MMN) from California, USA.
