Word: preemption
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Among many Democrats, the stock argument is that Bush made his decision capriciously, and they remain unconvinced that he did his due diligence when deciding that preemption was right in Iraq’s case...
...deciding when preemption is right or wrong is tricky business and creating a universal formula is nearly impossible—at least that’s what Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz argues in his latest book, “Preemption: A Knife That Cuts Both Ways...
While wisely refraining from offering a calculus for preemption, Dershowitz deftly attacks the issue...
...teams his characteristically deep historical understanding with his reliable legal acumen to produce a forward-looking proposal for the jurisprudence of preemption...
After looking at conflicts in Iraq, Israel, and Iran in light of preventive foreign policy, Dershowitz finally offers a plan, shifting the question from whether preemption is appropriate in the first place to how we judge the results of preemptive policy in hindsight...