1. Martin Van Buren
After the speech many Americans were able to see why it was critical to "Contain" Communism, and therefore allowed billions and billions to be spend to reach that end. ... The idea that the United States should pursue a less aggressive stance towards the Soviet Union and Communism was mentioned earlier in this essay. ...
Critical, vital interests of those acting preemptively face unacceptable harm and danger. ... The threat of international terrorism, even if it were the critical danger the administration claims it to be, does not stem from Hussein or Iraq and will not be met by ousting him. ... The U.S. is declaring not verbally but with its overwhelming armed force that a state may "justly- launch a war against another much smaller and weaker state even though it cannot prove that the enemy represents a clear, imminent, direct, and critical threat, or prove that the threat could not be deterred or managed ...
Although disliked by Northeastern states and California, who voted 61-14 as a group in favor of repeal, the income tax, according to Randolph Paul, "produced needed revenue at a critical period of American history when other revenue-raising methods would have probably failed" (29). ...