...and deterrence that had won the Cold War, and advocated anew an American policy of preemptive war: Containment is not possible when unbalanced dictators...missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies. ... If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long. [T]he war on terror...

...brilliantly successful and helped lead eventually to the destruction of Soviet communism. But, Bush said, containment "is not possible when unbalanced dictators...missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies." If deterrence and containment no longer work, then what? In a word: Preemption. Bush declared that...

..."against shadowy terrorist networks with no nation or citizens to defend" and containment could not work "when unbalanced dictators with weapons of mass destruction...missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies." Under these circumstances, he concluded, "If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have...

...also in how we will react to the threats they impose. President Bush went on to clarify these changes: For much of the last century, America's defense relied...on missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies.1 In response to these "new threats," President Bush proposed a dynamic shift in our strategic...

...international peace and security. AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY AGENDA JEFFREY S. LANTIS For much of the last century, America's defense relied...weapons of mass destruction can deliver those weapons or missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies. . . . We cannot defend America and our friends...

...the other hand, wanted moral clarity. As George Bush put it in his West Point commencement speech, "Containment is not possible when unbalanced dictators...missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies. . . . Because the war on terror will require resolve and patience, it will also require firm moral...

...brilliantly successful and helped lead eventually to the destruction of Soviet communism. But, Bush said, containment "is not possible when unbalanced dictators...missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies." If deterrence and containment no longer work, then what? In a word: Preemption. Bush declared that...

...they caused came at much less than the cost of a single tank. . . . [Deterrence and] containment [are] not possible when unbalanced dictators with weapons...secretly provide them to terrorist allies. . . . We will lift this dark threat from our country and from the world. . . . More and more, civilized nations...

...allows a dictator to remain in power, and build weapons of mass destruction. Containment will not work "when unbalanced dictators with weapons of mass destruction...missiles or secretly provide them to terrorist allies." Hence, the United States has to respond differently: "If we wait for threats to fully materialize,...

...retaliation against nations means nothing against shadowy terrorist networks with no nation or citizen to defend. Containment is not possible when unbalanced...weapons of mass destruction can deliver those weapons or missiles or secredy provide them to terrorist allies. The war on terror will not be won on the defensive....