“[I]n a major foreign policy speech at West Point in June [1, 2002], [President] Bush had forcefully made the case for taking preemptive action against dictatorships such as Iraq that harbored weapons of mass destruction. ‘Containment is not possible when unbalanced dictators with weapons of mass destruction can deliver those weapons on missiles or secretly […]
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6/1/2002
In his commencement address at West Point on June 1, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘The peoples of Islamic nations want and deserve the same freedoms and opportunities as people in every nation, and their governments should listen to their hopes.’ ” – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 101 […]
6/1/2002
“[I]n an address at West Point [on June 1, 2002], [President] Bush elaborated on themes he had in the past applied primarily to Iraq, spelling out what would henceforth be known as the Bush Doctrine. First, he said that the United States would no longer rely solely on ‘Cold-War doctrines of containment and deterrence.’ Instead, […]
6/1/2002
“Just as on March 12, 1947, [President Harry] Truman unveiled the doctrine that carries his name, pledging to confront Soviet expansionism wherever it emerged and to promote freedom, so on June 1, 2002, [President] Bush previewed the doctrine that carries his name, pledging to preempt threats wherever they arose and to promote freedom. One president […]
6/1/2002
President Bush’s commencement address at West Point on June 1, 2002, which contained elements later known as the ‘Bush Doctrine,’ said: ” ‘To forestall or prevent…hostile acts from our adversaries…the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively.’ “ – Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol, The War Over Iraq, Page 75 […]
6/1/2002
In his commencement address at West Point on June 1, 2002, President Bush said: ” ‘Deterrence, the promise of massive retaliation against nations, means nothing to shadowy terrorist networks with no nation or citizens to defend.’ He added, ‘Containment is not possible when unbalanced dictators with weapons of mass destruction can deliver those weapons or […]
6/1/2002
On June 1, 2002, President Bush “told nearly one thousand graduates at the United States Military Academy at West Point that the Cold War doctrines of containment and deterrence were irrelevant and that sometimes the only strategy for defeating America’s new enemies would be to strike them first. The new doctrine was known as preemptive […]
5/30/2002
“And over in Afghanistan, interim leader Hamid Karzai–a former consultant on Unocal’s payroll–decided on May 30, 2002, to revive the pipeline project with Pakistan and Turkmenistan, signing an agreement under which the three governments agree to implement a pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan through Afghanistan.” – Jean-Charles Brisard and Guillaume Dasquie, Forbidden Truth, Page 145 […]
5/29/2002
“On May 29 [2002], the former secretary of state in the Reagan administration, George P. Shultz…gave a hard-line speech at the dedication ceremony of the National Foreign Affairs Training Center outside Washington that was named after him. Shultz praised recent remarks by [Secretary of Defense Donald] Rumsfeld that the battle had to be taken to […]
5/29/2002
On May 29, 2002, FBI Director Robert “Mueller announced a restructuring of the FBI’s approach to fighting terrorism. He pledged to reassign 400 of the Bureau’s 11,500 field agents from narcotics investigations to counterterrorism. Mueller also promised that four hundred new analysts would be added at the Bureau’s fifty-six field offices and at headquarters, including […]