Word: preemption
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...making the case for the War on Iraq, President George W. Bush and his defense team have come up with a clear and uncompromising doctrine for a post-Sept. 11 world: preemption. This policy is based on the premise that if you wait until a clear declaration of war it will be too late. If the Iraqis attack us first, or aquire the means to menace the entire region, the large loss of life or politcal instability will be unacceptable. Therefore, we cannot wait for a “smoking gun” before attacking; instead we have...
...doctrine of preemption could not apply better to the case of global warming. Global warming is an issue that does not affect people on a regular basis, but could arguably be the most serious destabilizing national security threat in the 21st century. Global warming has the potential to change our earth far more dramatically than anyone dreamed possible. By the end of the century, we will have doubled the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere, ravaged many of the oceans fisheries and destroyed a good portion of arable farmland. Rising water levels may cause the Bangladesh to descend into...
...seems to me that the threat [Saddam Hussein] poses at the moment falls far short of the standards that would be desirable in terms of implementing a policy of preemption,” Huntington said...
...Still, a nuclear-armed North Korea would appear to be intolerable to Bush doctrine of preemption and "counter-proliferation." The Administration is certainly countering Iraq-skeptics by saying that the North Korean equation shows precisely why action is needed to prevent Saddam acquiring nuclear weapons. The key difference between North Korea and Iraq, according to National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, is that "effective international pressure may have an effect on North Korea." Pyongyang's posture - as erratic and obtuse as it may be - has been driven primarily by the need to end its international isolation. Economic stasis and mass starvation...
...although the world cannot stand by idly while the regime acquires and develops these weapons, a preemptive, unilateral strike would set an undesirable precedent. Our recent ally Pakistan—which also developed its own nuclear weapons, defying international pressure—could use the same principle of preemption to wage war on India. China could act likewise against Taiwan...