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arendt

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Tue Feb-21-06 05:38 PM
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35. Citation please! Are you sure you haven't confused preventative war...

with pre-emptive war?

Preventative is like what Israel did in 1967 -
enemy tanks at your border, enemy leader threatening you.

Pre-emptive is like -
we think in the future these guys might not like us,
so while they are weak or unarmed, we will attack them.

Two different animals.

The latter is "aggressive warfare", and it is forbidden
by the UN Charter, I believe.

arendt

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