...such a balance as traditionally conceived is not what he has in mind. He promises sufficient strength "to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States. "23 The West Point speech put it more bluntly: "America has, and intends to keep, strengths...

...only to take military action against any 'rogue states' deemed to be a threat to America, but also to 'dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States'. This was an extraordinary policy declaration: the US government had announced to the rest...

...the US is "dissuading military competition" and preventing any other world entity or union of states "from pursuing a military build-up in hopes of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States." In recent years we have witnessed the expansion of NATO to the borders of Russia, the dismembering...

...more powerful than any other power. The National Security Strategy of 2002 undertook that American forces "will be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a military buildup in the hope of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States." This imbalance would not only...

...followed the Bush Administration's foreign policy as articulated in his National Security Strategy: "Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a military build up in hopes of surpassing or equaling, the power of the United States." I argued that Bush was...

...explicit in a policy statement titled 'The National Security Strategy of the United States,' which asserts that 'our forces will be strong enough to dissuade...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States.' It is possible that even Democratic presidents will, in the future, reiterate this claim to...

...IDEALISM DELUXE But, the US plunges immodestly into every region of the world, warning in the NSS document that "our forces will be strong enough to dissuade...of surpassing, or equaling the power of the United States." Carrying the banner of liberty and benevolence, President Bush offers to the world the deluxe...

...that favors human freedom" while forsaking "unilateral advantage," the body of the NSS makes it clear that "our forces will be strong enough to dissuade...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States." The West Point speech put it more bluntly: "America has, and intends to keep, military strengths...

...the United States will if necessary, act peremptorily." He also quotes the following as explanation: "Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing or equaling the power of the United States." These quotations are from The National Security Strategy of the United States, White House,...

...and reconfigured US military. The document outlined how America would retain its preeminent position: "[O]ur forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States." In sum, the doctrine laid out by the NSS was exactly what Bush had warned against in his campaign...