Word: preemption
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...said it loud and clear: we didn’t see an imminent threat,” he asserted. “If you didn’t see an imminent threat, then it’s a war of choice, and a war of preemption. It changes the entire international system...
Bush’s doctrine of preemption allows the U.S. to confront these kinds of national security threats, without being beholden to European allies with other agendas. It is an unapologetic affirmation of American hegemony, but it is essential in stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons among rogue terrorist states like Iraq. The Bush Doctrine clarifies this: “In an age where the enemies of civilization openly and actively seek the world’s most destructive technologies, the United States cannot remain idle while dangers gather.” Saddam Hussein was unquestionably seeking nuclear capabilities. Even...
...initiative will mean little if North Korea goes ahead and tests a weapon in the comings weeks or months. But for now, the U.S. response to the nuclear crisis on the Korean peninsula is following more familiar Cold War doctrines of containment, deterrence and engagement, rather than the "preemption" doctrine that got its first real-world outing in Iraq...
...stressed that America does not need a new foreign policy doctrine of preemption...
...pleased with the book’s reception. “I’m very happy that the book is having the effect that I thought it would,” he says. Once his schedule clears, he plans to continue on his next book, which deals with preemption, and specifically “when it’s appropriate for governments to take preemptive measures...