 | Kerry Anne Longhurst, Marcin Zaborowski - 2005 - 232 pages
...security. In the NSS, the president said that the United States must be willing to "take the batde to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge."16 Thus, the Bush administration proposed to become actively engaged in global affairs by fighting... | |
 | Ron Suskind - 2006 - 404 pages
...and missile defense are part of stronger security, and they're essential priorities for America. Yet the "war on terror" will not be won on the defensive....world we have entered, the only path to safety is the path of action. And this nation will act. Our security will require the best intelligence to reveal... | |
 | David Malone - 2006 - 426 pages
...grew more clear as the months passed. In June 2002, Bush addressed graduating cadets at West Point: The war on terror will not be won on the defensive....before they emerge. In the world we have entered, the path to safety is the oath of action. And this nation will act. 29 In September 2002, this rhetoric... | |
 | Chae-Jin Lee - 2006 - 380 pages
...that "the war on terror will not be won on the defensive." He told the graduating class of cadets that "we must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his...world we have entered, the only path to safety is the path of action, And this nation will act." More specifically, in its National Security Strategy issued... | |
 | Chae-Jin Lee - 2006 - 374 pages
...that "the war on terror will not be won on the defensive." He told the graduating class of cadets that "we must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his...world we have entered, the only path to safety is the path of action, And this nation will act." More specifically, in its National Security Strategy issued... | |
 | David L. Altheide - 2006 - 264 pages
...the commencement of the 204th graduating class of West Point, the nation's oldest military academy. "We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his...confront the worst threats before they emerge." In a toughly worded speech that seemed aimed at preparing Americans for a potential war with Iraq, Mr.... | |
 | Wilber W. Caldwell - 2006 - 181 pages
...of good against evil precipitated by the September 11 attacks could George Bush proclaim, "we must confront the worst threats before they emerge. In...world we have entered, the only path to safety is the path of action." Here is a clear admission of a radical policy shift — clear acknowledgement that... | |
 | Benjamin I. Page, Marshall M. Bouton - 2008 - 739 pages
...action, he declared, "If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long. . . . We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his...and confront the worst threats before they emerge." Suggesting worldwide action, he stated that "we must uncover terrorist cells in 60 or more countries."2... | |
 | David Armstrong, Theo Farrell, Bice Maiguashca - 2005 - 268 pages
...advocated a degree of pre-emption that extended towards the preventive or even precautionary use of force: 'We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his...and confront the worst threats before they emerge'. Even if the threats are not imminent, 'if we wait for threats to fully materialise, we will have waited... | |
 | Ian Lustick - 2006 - 212 pages
...sufficient." The president declared a new doctrine of preventive war against potential enemies: From now on "we must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge."44 But who was the "enemy"? In his September 20, 2001, speech Bush warned every country in... | |
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We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge. In the world we have entered, the only path to safety is the path of action. And this nation will act. 
