Policy OKs First Strike to Protect US

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Published on Saturday, March 19, 2005 by the Los Angeles Times
Policy OKs First Strike to Protect US
Pentagon strategic plan codifies unilateral, preemptive attacks. The doctrine marks a shift from coalitions such as NATO, analysts say
by John Hendren


WASHINGTON - Two years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon has formally included in key strategic plans provisions for launching preemptive strikes against nations thought to pose a threat to the United States.


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"The president has the obligation to protect the country," said Douglas J. Feith, the Defense Department's undersecretary for policy. "And I don't think that there's anything in our Constitution that says that the president should not protect the country unless he gets some non-American's participation or approval of that."

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In some cases, respected global organizations seem to be viewed with suspicion. In describing the vulnerabilities of the United States, the document uses strong language to list international bodies - such as the International Court of Justice, created under a treaty that the United States has declined to sign - alongside terrorists.

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The concern, Feith explained, was that some nations would try to criminalize American foreign policy by challenging it in international courts.



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Gee, I wonder if the reason they're afraid other nations will try to criminalize US behaviour is, perhaps, because it's criminal?

:eyes: :grr:

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1. Gee, I wonder if the reason they're afraid

Mommy took the baba away too early?? Watched too many Friday night scarey movies?? Don't know how to make peace?? Can't see themselves through the eyes of the saner portion of the world?? Don't know that what they fear the most will meet them halfway?? Have found a great excuse for anhiliating nations it deems unfriendly?? Are just a little "mad"?? Douglas Feith, another madman with designs on the world with no respect for international law or justice. Tommy Franks gets Dougy... but I still don't have any use for either one. Call me fickle.




Some of the vitriol directed at Feith by anonymous sources may be due to personal animus. A 2002 Washington Post profile of Feith noted that he is "disliked by many people who work with him on a daily basis," and in March 2003 the National Journal noted that "it is hard to overstate how utterly Feith is reviled in certain circles." The latest manifestation of this is the juicy quote by Gen. Tommy Franks in Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack, in which Franks calls Feith "the fucking stupidest guy on the face of the earth."

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2. "First Strike" to protect the US is an oxymoron. nt

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3. Is this all about a Republican getting to do anything he wants anytime

he wants?

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4. IOKIYAR

boggles the mind, does it not?