 | Frank H. Columbus - 2003 - Страниц: 77
...threat to our national security. The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction — and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory...enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively. The United States... | |
 | Ivo H. Daalder, James M. Lindsay - 2003 - Страниц: 246
...threat to our national security. The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction — and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory...enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively." The administration... | |
 | Christopher Marsh Christopher - 2003 - Страниц: 179
...threat to our national security. The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction— and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory...enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively. The United States... | |
 | James Moore, Wayne Slater - 2003 - Страниц: 395
...deterrence. "The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction," the president said. "And the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory...enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively." Even the timing of... | |
 | Armin Von Bogdandy, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Christiane E. Philipp - 2004 - Страниц: 462
...subsequent passage makes clear that the strategy statement occasions no fundamental change in concept: "The United States has long maintained the option...enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively." 151 This language... | |
 | Bryan Hilliard, Tom Lansford, Robert P. Watson - 2004 - Страниц: 287
...terrorism which attempts to gain or use weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or their precursors." Further, "The United States has long maintained the option...enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively." 18. See Lehmann,... | |
 | Alexander T.J. Lennon, Camille Eiss - 2004 - Страниц: 392
...concept of imminent threat to the capabilities and objectives of today's adversaries." It argues that "[t]he greater the threat, the greater is the risk...remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack." In other words, the administration is contending that, because of the new threat posed by weapons of... | |
 | Norman J. Vig, Michael G. Faure, Michael E. Kraft, Sheldon Kamieniecki - 2004 - Страниц: 398
...self-defense, promising that "America will act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed.... The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of...remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack." 71 Similarly, in a speech at West Point in June 2002, he said: "If we wait for threats to fully materialize,... | |
 | Robert Patterson - 2004 - Страниц: 272
...threat to our national security. The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction— and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory...enemy's attack. To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively. The United States... | |
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The United States has long maintained the option of preemptive actions to counter a sufficient threat to our national security. The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction - and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action... 
