...unequivocal, second, in affirming a right to unilateral action that is unconstrained by traditional alliances. "While the United States will constantly strive to...enlist the support of the international community," the 2002 National Security Strategy asserts, "we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary.""' The...

...States will constantly strive to enüst the support of the international Community, we will not besitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemtively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country...

...where a great threat will materialize is doubtful. The doctrine is also unilateralist. The NSS states, "we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right to selfdefense by acting preemptively against . . . terrorists [and] by convincing or compelling states...

...National Security Strategy called for preemptive war. The United States, according to the strategy, "will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right to self-defense by acting preemptively." The presumed security of the United States overrides the sovereignty...

...2002, the Bush administration promulgated a new national security doctrine that stated, in part, that we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to...exercise our right of selfdefense by acting preemptively against such terrorists, to prevent them from doing harm against our people and our country.39 Once...

...paragraph then the reference to terrorism is made. The following sentence here became widely known: 'we will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defence by acting pre-emptively against such terrorists' (The White House 2002d, 6). With this...

...to "enlist the support of the international community," the United States, the document continues, "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...

...freedom-loving nations. The United States is committed to lasting institutions...." The document goes onto say, "While the United States will constantly strive to...community, we will not hesitate to act alone...." Some have interpreted the new Bush doctrine as one of unabashed unilateralism befitting a Texas Lone...

...civilian-soldier learns, on "identifying and destroying the threat before it reaches our borders . . . [W]e will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defense by acting preemptively."8 Released just as the Bush administration stepped up preparations for the invasion of...