Word: emption
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...advocating a counterterror capability have in mind our emulating the Israelis. But America is not under enough of a threat for us to do that. We're not a small country with powerful enemies just over the border. So our capacity consistently to carry out pre-emption and retaliation is certainly not assured. Democracies forgo certain options by the nature of their societies and the whole set of ideals they represent...
...quest for security can be aggressive, especially when it involves the hot pursuit of some enemies, the pre-emption of others, subjugation or subversion of still others. In a world full of dangers-real, imagined or exaggerated-the Soviet leadership dangers-real, imagined or exaggerated-the Soviet leadership would prefer to protect its gains with minimum risk of war by means of diplomacy, intimidation, propaganda, covert action, or the use of proxies. If necessary, though, it will resort to direct military intervention to ensure the survival of the Soviet system, including in those countries where the system has been imposed...
...addition, the states face the legal problem of "pre-emption," which limits their right to pass statutes in areas that are already addressed by national laws. For example, courts have held that a strict California consumer protection bill was pre-empted by a similar federal law, even though the federal version was weaker...
...nuclear weapons with a combined 15 million tons of TNT--"one million times greater than the bombs at Hiroshima," Lown emphasizes, adding that technological advances in the accuracy of nuclear weapons have been responsible for dangerous changes in government policy. Increases in targeting accuracy lead to policies of pre-emption, Lown says, citing as an example for President Jimmy Carter's Presidential Directive 59, which effectively recognized the policy of limited nuclear warfare...