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Article: Rules of war.
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- Esprit de Corps
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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In a phrase coined by speechwriter and columnist David Frum, President George W. Bush set the United States apart from the rest of the world on 29 January 2002. Speaking of an "Axis of Evil" running through Iraq and Iran to North Korea, Bush went on to say that "all nations should know, America will do what is necessary to ensure our nation's security. We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events while dangers gather. I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer." A few months later, his statements were codified into what has come to be known as the "Bush Doctrine" -- a foreign policy built around strict principles of self-interest, ...