...potential harm that could be caused by our adversaries' choice of weapons, do not permit that option (...) Traditional concepts of deterrence will not work against...wanton destruction and the targeting of innocents (...) The overlap between states that sponsor terror and that pursue of WMD compels us to action.»266...

...for us to threaten." 21 The current US National Security Strategy is in full accord with these views: "Traditional concepts of deterrence will not work...and whose most potent protection is statelessness." 22 Compellence. Compellence is the use of military power to change an adversary's behavior. It attempts...