1. Preemptive strikes as policy
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 ...
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