...interests at home and abroad by identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders. While the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country." (US President...

...self-defense, America will act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed'. It then added that 'while the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists' (White House 2002). Even though much of what the document said reflected realities...

...que Estados Unidos se reserva el derecho de actuar "preemptivamente" para prevenir ataques ajenos: "we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary,...exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country" (ib.,...

...The NSS states, "America will act against such emerging threats before they are fully formed. .. . We will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to...our right of self-defense by acting preemptively." In other words, the US has given itself the "right" to launch attacks on other countries without warning,...

...terrorist organizations by ... identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders . . . we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country. . . ....

...from others. The US National Security Strategy put forth a year after the terrorist attacks declared, "We will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary,...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists." Scholar and columnist Robert Kagan wrote that— on major strategic and international...

...is to protect the security of US citizens, which in turn justifies a policy that the United States "will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against such terrorists." 12 So it is for the United States to decide when a threat is sufficiently...

...Reflecting the impact of the 9/1 1 attacks and the war on terror, the revised document pulled no punches. "We will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defense by preemptively acting against such terrorists," it stated. President Bush announced the new strategy...

...Lemann, Nicholas. 2003, "After Iraq: The plan to remake the Middle East," New Yorker, 17 February 2003. not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively."46 A little over one month following the State of the Union speech, Chief UN weapons...

...all but dead. The document argues that while the US will seek allies in the battle against terrorism, 'We will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defence by acting preemptively'. This is the most innovative part of the new strategy. It adopts...