Some good points in this UPI article, but the terms policy, strategy, tactics, agenda are melded such that the reader may be left confused. The fundamental policy in question is one of preemption as stated by President Bush in September 2002. The administration's tactics, tools and actions should connect with that policy in a coherent way.
People can and should debate policy because it shapes the bureaucracies to develop positions, plans and actions, some of which will be good and others failures. Tactics and actions will be judged on their effectiveness, usually soon after the event. Snarling the meanings of all these terms with the events of the day creates confusion.
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