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To: Sam Citron who wrote (67429)1/28/2003 1:07:16 PM
From: Fred Levine  Respond to of 70976
 
Sam-- Wonderful question.
>>Is the world of preemption really a safer world?<<

I certainly have no answer. I wonder what the world's response would have been if we had launched a preemptive stike on Afghanistan and taken out the Taliban? In fact, we can predict the world's response.

I guess we can say we need a really compelling self-defense reason, and obviously, that would be subject to various interpretations.

I wish we had a crystal ball. I know how far that wish gets us.

fred



To: Sam Citron who wrote (67429)1/28/2003 3:06:32 PM
From: BWAC  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 70976
 
<As Sen. Biden noted in his speech to the Senate this morning, Bush's new preemption doctrine is deeply flawed. If it justifies our attack upon Iraq, it would also seemingly justify a preemptive strike by India upon Pakistan. Is the world of preemption really a safer world?>

Exactly. Very clear. I'm glad someone is seeing this important fact.


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