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To: sandintoes who wrote (22310)	9/12/2008 1:19:21 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) of 25737

The "Bush Doctrine" addressed a very real problem! (The "bin Laden problem" I call it... you do remember the 9-11 attacks, I'm sure.) When we are attacked by INDIVIDUALS, or by other non-state actors, how do we legally respond? Declaring War has always been for nation-to-nation. If the problem is caused by an INDIVIDUAL or by a GROUP, who do you 'declare war' against? Previously the only internationally-recognized legal option would have been in the nature of 'police actions'... not formal declarations of a state of WAR (that would be recognized by the other sovereign nations of Earth). The "Bush Doctrine" SOLVES THAT PROBLEM! By HOLDING THE SOVEREIGN NATION WHERE THE ATTACKS ARE MOUNTED FROM legally responsible for acting against the terrorist groups --- (and legally liable if they don't) --- then it gave the US the LEGAL RIGHT to declare WAR against the NATION OF AFGHANISTAN... or against any other nation in the future that might act the same way by aiding/abetting people who attack us. This was Bush's SIGNATURE national security policy!

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