Pre-emptive war policy is dangerous
Pre-emptive war policy is dangerous, no matter who's pushing it
by Elizabeth Sullivan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/10/04
President Bush may have alienated allies and perhaps mortally wounded the United Nations' already flawed ability to impose sanctions and nuclear safeguards with his rush to war. But the core philosophy that undergirded the 2003 Iraq attack is the same one that Democrats and Republicans both have promoted since the Cold War ended. Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry and his party long have argued that Saddam needed to be disarmed by the application of military force, if necessary, to get the job done. The question is to what degree 'preventative' or pre-emptive war will continue to guide U.S. policies, perhaps taking us into Iran or Syria, or whether the Iraq adventure has sapped our appetite for this type of intervention...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O5A252F79
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Elizabeth Sullivan
Cleveland Plain Dealer
10/10/04
President Bush may have alienated allies and perhaps mortally wounded the United Nations' already flawed ability to impose sanctions and nuclear safeguards with his rush to war. But the core philosophy that undergirded the 2003 Iraq attack is the same one that Democrats and Republicans both have promoted since the Cold War ended. Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry and his party long have argued that Saddam needed to be disarmed by the application of military force, if necessary, to get the job done. The question is to what degree 'preventative' or pre-emptive war will continue to guide U.S. policies, perhaps taking us into Iran or Syria, or whether the Iraq adventure has sapped our appetite for this type of intervention...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O5A252F79
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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