...friends. We will maintain the forces sufficient to support our obligations, and to defend freedom. Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States. Intelligence— and how we use it— is our first line of defense against terrorists and the...

...friends. We will maintain the forces sufficient to support our obligations, and to defend freedom. Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States. (NSS 2002, 18) The Bush doctrine is cloaked in the rhetoric and practices of hegemonic masculinity....

...human freedom." And in a passage that has stimulated much discussion and debate, the document declared, "[O]ur forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States." Opponents saw in this proclamation a worrying move toward overconfidence and imperial overstretch....

...The first full statement of the grand strategy of the administration of George W. Bush also declares, "our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States."51 This objective goes well beyond the traditional US goal of deterring attacks. Yet it may...

...an impeccably conservative source) is certainly not what they have in mind, since they also write, "Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States." An overwhelming preponderance of power, not a static balance, is more like it. The vision...

...state or nonstate actor — to impose its will on the United States, our allies, or our friends. . . . Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States. The administration's goals for transformation were applauded by many analysts, but some felt...

...friends. We will maintain the forces sufficient to support our obligations, and to defend freedom. Our forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States. (NSS 2002, 18) The Bush doctrine is cloaked in the rhetoric and practices of hegemonic masculinity....

...strength and influence in the world," the report began. Supremacy involves maintaining forces that "will be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries...of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States." Under the Bush Doctrine military strength is closely linked to an economic model that might...

...ideology. The September 2002 National Security Strategy stated in this respect that America's forces should "be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries...of surpassing or equaling the power of the United States." (A previous statement in President Bush's West Point speech was even broader: "America has,...

..."unilateral advantage" and creating "a balance of power that favors human freedom," it also makes clear that "our forces will be strong enough to dissuade...pursuing a military build-up in hopes of surpassing, or equalling, the power of the United States." It argues that "US hegemony is also acceptable because...