This isn't news. Hell, if you asked him if the US would hold a first strike policy with any country he would say yes.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 4:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: US President Reaffirms Strike First Policy > > http://tinyurl.com/gvhvp > > "CBS/AP) Undaunted by the difficult war in Iraq, President Bush > reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists and enemy > nations on Thursday and said Iran may pose the biggest challenge for > America. " > > ""The president's strategy affirms that the doctrine of preemption > remains sound and must remain an integral part of our national > security strategy," Hadley said. "If necessary, the strategy states, > under longstanding principles of self defense, we do not rule out the > use of force before attacks occur, even if uncertainty remains as to > the time and place of the enemy's attack." > > "In his remarks, Hadley conceded, "We need better intelligence." > Responding to questions about the failure to find weapons of mass > destruction in Iraq, Hadley told a Washington audience, "We obviously > did not have the intelligence we needed." But he strongly defended the > "prudent" use of pre-emptive force despite the failure to uncover any > WMD in Iraq, CBS News correspondent Peter Maer reports. " > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:200346 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
