On September 18, 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified before the House Armed Services Committee: “There are a number of terrorist states pursuing weapons of mass destruction–Iran, Libya, North Korea, Syria, to name but a few. But no terrorist state poses a greater and more immediate threat to the security of our people, and […]
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9/17/2002
“[T]he [Bush] administration’s provocative September [17] 2002 The National Security Strategy of the United States of America…embraced regime change in rogue states, aggressively promoted democracy, viewed American military supremacy as a given, and, in a stunning departure from traditional U.S. foreign policy norms, asserted the right to launch preemptive wars to protect national interests.” – […]
9/17/2002
The Bush Administration’s National Security Strategy of September 17, 2002, said: ” ‘…our first imperative is to clarify what we stand for: the United States must defend liberty and justice because these principles are right and true for all people everywhere.’ ” – Jeffrey Record, Wanting War, Page 50 […]
9/17/2002
“As for threats to the United States, the NSS [National Security Strategy, written on September 17, 2002] holds that the ‘gravest danger our nation faces lies at the crossroads of radicalism and technology’–specifically, the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by enemies of the United States. ‘Our enemies have openly declared that they are seeking […]
9/17/2002
The Bush Administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) of September 17, 2002, said: ” ‘we must be prepared to stop rogue states and their terrorist clients before they are able to threaten or use weapons of mass destruction against the United States and our allies and friends.’ The NSS states preventative force is imperative because fanatical […]
9/17/2002
President Bush released his National Security Strategy on September 17, 2002. “The document came to be known as the Bush doctrine. In essence, the foreign policy of George W. Bush had three main elements. First, the United States claimed the right to take unilateral military action to preempt any perceived threat to its security. Second, […]
9/17/2002
The Bush Administration’s National Security Strategy, published on September 17, 2002, “outlined how America would retain its preeminent position: ‘[O]ur forces will be strong enough to dissuade potential adversaries from pursuing a military build-up in hopes of surpassing, or equaling, the power of the United States.’ ” – Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke, America Alone, […]
9/17/2002
Regarding the Bush Administration’s National Security Strategy, published on September 17, 2002: “To the strategies of containment and deterrence the administration added preemption. It announced: ‘Traditional concepts of deterrence will not work against a terrorist enemy whose avowed tactics are wanton destruction and the targeting of innocents; whose so-called soldiers seek martyrdom in death and […]
9/17/2002
“Outlining the post-9/11 international situation, the [September 17] 2002 NSS [National Security Strategy] equated terrorists with tyrants as sources of danger. It argued that given these dangers, the Cold War strategies of containment and deterrence were obsolete, overtaken by events. The White House said, ‘Given the goals of rogue states and terrorists the United States […]
9/17/2002
“The [Bush] administration’s emerging policy of preemption achieved formal status when it was included in the National Security Strategy published on September 17, 2002. …Never before…had any president set out a formal national strategy doctrine that included preemption.” – Stefan Halper and Jonathan Clarke, America Alone, Pages 141-142 […]