...important but if need be, the US must be willing and resolute to defend itself unilaterally.16 Indeed, "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 ,.."17...

...adversaries' choice of weapons, do not permit that option. We cannot let our enemies strike first." Moreover, "While the United States will constantly strive to...exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively against . . . terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country."" Second,...

...(and their synonyms) in the relevant passages of NSS-2002 yields the following interesting results: While the United States will constantly strive to...act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defence by the first use of armed force against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm...

...3. 2 Vgl. dazu Kapitel 4. 3 Die Taliban unterstützten und beherbergten el-Quaida Terroristen. „ While the United States will constantly strive to...to act alone, if necessary to exercise our right of selfdefence by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent themfrom doing harm to our people...

...states in the international community. This requirement though, does not fit into the US strategy. "While the United States will constantly strive to...community, we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary [...]."" For example, did the Bush administration try to get a UN mandate for its action in Iraq prior...

...feature. In the new world we have entered, the only path to peace and security is the path of action ... we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to...right of selfdefense by acting preemptively, [emphasis added]25 Why could not Cuba, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea be deterred, as Stalin's Russia...

...zweiten Absatz geht man auf den Terrorismus ein. Folgender Satz ist hieraus besonders bekannt geworden: „we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary,...exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively against such terrorists" (The White House 2002: 6). Hiermit wurde die Bereitschaft zu unilateralem...

...many states certainly have capabilities. The 2002 US National Security Strategy states it clearly: "We will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary,...our right of self-defense by acting preemptively." But in soured relationships it is often difficult to separate worst-case interpretations from lesser...

...diesem Schema führt zu folgendem Ergebnis: 1 Vgl. Kap. 11.5. Realismus Battleship America „[...] we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of selfdefense by acting pre-emptively."(S. 6) „[...] our best defense is a good offense[...]" (S. 6) „[...] we are ultimately...

...with fanatical agendas. They claimed that these new threats were so novel and dangerous that we should "not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise...our right of self-defense by acting pre-emptively." The administration's discussion of self-defense used the terms "preemptive war" and "preventive war"...