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...heart of the Bush Doctrine is the idea that, as the new blueprint states, "We cannot let our enemies strike first." Bush makes it clear that the billions of dollars we have spent on armies, navies and aircraft can't protect us anymore. Terrorists and rogue states have learned to attack our weak spots with truck bombs, boat bombs and airliners. Next, he predicts, they will use weapons of mass destruction on us and perhaps on our friends and allies. For all those reasons, a new kind of deterrence is needed. We can no longer rely entirely on "our reactive...
...right to strike first has long been embedded in U.S. foreign policy. When Washington launched its pre-emptive wars in the past, it did so covertly, as in Iran in 1953, Guatemala in 1954 and Chile in 1973. Large invading forces and long postwar occupations were not part of the deal, mostly because they clashed violently with a piece of national character that we're all taught in school: Americans deter and defend; we don't attack, and we don't conquer. It wasn't entirely true, but it was true enough so that when we broke our rule...
Stating this is one thing; acting on it is another. Asked whether the new strike-first doctrine was aimed at Iraq, a senior official dodged last week and said pre-emption is at the "narrow end of a long band of options." But it's no coincidence that the new strategy has appeared at the very moment that Bush needs a strategic anvil on which to forge his campaign against Saddam. The White House still will not share--or doesn't have--proof that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction that can reach the U.S. And because no one expects...
...Federation UKRAINE Kuchma in a Corner At least 2,000 people took to the streets of the capital Kiev demanding the resignation of President Leonid Kuchma, accused of corruption and involvement in the killing of a reporter. Opposition leaders occupied Kuchma's administrative building and began a hunger strike. Kuchma also faces trouble abroad: the U.S. accused him of having sold radar systems to Iraq, contravening U.N. sanctions. see also: TIME's Ukraine Archive IVORY COAST Saved From The Crossfire French troops rescued 160 schoolchildren from a rebel-held city after a military uprising turned into a civil...
This week in practice the team has been concentrating on getting the midfielders and forwards behind the defense in order to strike early and gain momentum. Armed with their newly-gained experience against stronger and faster teams, the players feel ready for the start of Ivy play...