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Article: Doctrine of preventive force.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2005
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Byline: Arnold Beichman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
"This nation will not wait to be attacked again. We will take the fight to the enemy."
Those two sentences are the most consequential part of President Bush's June 28 speech to the nation. He was promulgating the Doctrine of Preventive Force. That doctrine's first application is the war in Iraq. No more Mr. Patsy waiting for the blow to fall and then belatedly responding.
One battle has already been won. The Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, has been ousted and jailed. The second battle is ablaze in Iraq itself. Arab terrorists stream across the Syrian border into Iraq thanks to the enmity of Syrian ...