“It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on the way. Legislation has been proposed to create a US Department of Peace. In the propsed Department of Peace it would organize our present system into one conscious effort to improve humanity in achieving peace, where true safety lies.” WayHas BeensHelpingLyingHumanityForceEffortClearAchieveMilitaryPolicySafeConsciousSafetyDepartmentOrganizeLegislationInsufficientMilitary ForceAchieving PeacePreemption Author:Walter Cronkite
“Preemption is a kind of pre-deterrence that stops the threat at an earlier, safer stage.” KindWarStageThreatDeterrencePreemption Author:Charles Krauthammer
“I happen to believe that the preemption school is correct, that the risks of allowing Saddam Hussein to acquire his weapons will only grow with time.” BelieveHappensSchoolGrowsRiskWeaponsAcquireAllowingSaddamHusseinPreemption Author:Charles Krauthammer
“If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things.” IfsThinkingKnowsPreemption Author:Byron Dorgan
“Another way of verbally masking elite preemption of other people's decisions is to use the word 'ask'-as in 'We are just asking everyone to pay their fair share.' But of course governments do not ask, they: tell. The Internal Revenue Service does not 'ask' for contributions. It takes.” PeopleWayDoeUseGovernmentCoursesAsksDecisionPayShareFairsAskingContributionInternalsElitesRevenueAnother WayFair SharePreemption Author:Thomas Sowell
“Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability.” WarUsedOrderNationsSecurityStrategyPreservesAtmosphereNational SecurityDistrustDiplomacyTacticsInstabilityPreemption Author:Ellen Tauscher
“What would be the difference if we retreated and let the French and Germans make decisions for the world? We tried that twice in the last century. Isolationsim, refusing to accept our role in the world, and delaying our response to evildoers ultimately cost fifty-three million lives in World War 2 alone. The preemption policy of the Bush administration, taking the war to the enemy and exporting democracy and freedom, has liberated fifty million.” IfsWorldWarWould BeLastsThreePoliticsDifferencesDecisionAcceptingEnemyRolesMillionsDemocracyCenturyPolicyCostResponseAdministrationWar Of The WorldsFiftyLiberatedWorld War 2ExportingPreemption Author:Tammy Bruce