...strategy emphasises the US intention: We must be prepared to stop rogue states and their tennonist clients before they are able to threaten or use weapons...adversaries, innovation in the use of military forces, modern technologies, including the development of an effective missile defense system, and increased...

...self-defense by acting preemptively" against the threat confronting the nation and, indeed, the world. "We must be prepared to stop rogue states and their...against the United States and our allies and friends." The administration pointed out that after September 11 there could be no doubt that terrorists and...

...Administration has indeed lowered the nuclear threshold. In the scary gobbledygook of the Pentagon's NPR, "We must be prepared to stop rogue states and their...terrorist clients before they are able to threaten or use WMD [weapons of mass destruction] ... To forestall or prevent such hostile acts the US will, if necessary,...

...friends — and we will oppose them with all our power.' President Bush West Point, New York June 1, 2002 The nature of the Cold War threat required the United...adversaries, innovation in the use of military forces, modern technologies, including the development of an effective missile defense system, and increased...

...cooperation as the hallmark of our relationship with Russia, the dividends are evident: an end to trie balance of terror that divided us; an historic reduction...adversaries, innovation in the use of military forces, modern technologies, including the development of an effective missile defense system, and increased...

...to be necessary by the United States. The National Security Strategy demands that the United States must be prepared to stop rogue states and their terrorist...adversaries, innovation in the use of military forces, modern technologies, including the development of an effective missile defense system, and increased...

...law, seek to acquire weapons of mass destruction, sponsor terrorism, and reject basic human values. "We must be prepared to stop rogue states and their...against the United States and our allies and friends." The document specifically recalls the recognition in international law that "nations need not suffer...

...preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country . . . We must be prepared to stop rogue states and their...against the United States and our allies and friends . . . In the Cold War, especially following the Cuban missile crisis, we faced a generally status quo,...

...threat before it reaches our borders. . . . We recognize that our best defense is a good offense. . . . We must be prepared to stop rogue states and their...against the United States and our allies and friends. . . . We will . . . when necessary, interdict enabling technologies and materials [for WMD]. . . ....

...Bush announced an aggressive new policy for dealing with this danger. The United States, he declared, "must be prepared to stop rogue states and their terrorist...against the United States and our allies and friends To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary,...