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46. They both mean PREVENTIVE war
not preemptive. Preemptive war is allowable under intl law-- it means the missiles are already in the air so you can struck back. Preventive means you attack without imminent danger. That's illegal and that's what we've done in Iraq and and what we're threatening Iran with.
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  -Helen Thomas: "Does the President know that he's in violation of ... understandinglife  Mar-16-06 04:51 PM   #0 
  - Did I say I adore Helen?  MadMaddie   Mar-16-06 04:52 PM   #1 
  - apparently NOT if our own fuck'n 'OPPOSITION' won't even TELL HIM!!!  bpilgrim   Mar-16-06 09:46 PM   #82 
  - VIDEO compilation of Helen's questions at WH Briefing today  liveoaktx   Mar-16-06 10:17 PM   #90 
  - THANK YOU, LIVEAOAKTX!!!!!  Nothing Without Hope   Mar-16-06 11:49 PM   #98 
  - I love her too. She is all spit and vinegar.  Maraya1969   Mar-16-06 10:49 PM   #92 
  - excellent. K&R  ginnyinWI   Mar-16-06 04:53 PM   #2 
  - September 11th taught us  The_Casual_Observer   Mar-16-06 04:53 PM   #3 
  - 9/11 taught us Junior would not keep us safe. nt  sfexpat2000   Mar-16-06 04:58 PM   #15 
  - actually 9/11 taught us that Bush....  tulsakatz   Mar-16-06 05:14 PM   #31 
     - Sept 11th taught us that Bush was a co-conspirator.  fearnobush   Mar-16-06 08:51 PM   #70 
        - Your point is made by the Ptech/GoAgile connection to 9-11 and the WH  EVDebs   Mar-16-06 11:05 PM   #93 
           - speaking of Ptech. check this thread.  QuettaKid   Mar-17-06 06:49 AM   #108 
  - Exactly which country was it that attacked us on 9/11?  rfranklin   Mar-16-06 05:07 PM   #28 
  - Helen Rules!  SeattleRob   Mar-16-06 04:53 PM   #4 
  - "It's your principle" Tell 'em, Helen--one of the very few reporters  WI_DEM   Mar-16-06 04:54 PM   #5 
  - Can't get much clearer than this...  fooj   Mar-16-06 04:54 PM   #6 
  - Go-Hel-en... Go-Hel-en... Go-Hel-en!!!!  arwalden   Mar-16-06 04:55 PM   #7 
  - A Big K&R For Helen!!!! eom  dogday   Mar-16-06 04:55 PM   #8 
  - I love you Helen :)  harpo   Mar-16-06 04:55 PM   #9 
  - perfection--thank you , Helen  librechik   Mar-16-06 04:55 PM   #10 
  - Scottie is so full of shit  C_U_L8R   Mar-16-06 04:56 PM   #11 
  - Yes, I watched that exchange today. Scotty was his usual  napi21   Mar-16-06 04:56 PM   #12 
  - Helen! We need more just like you!  blue4barb   Mar-16-06 04:57 PM   #13 
  - Yes. Please, more like Helen.  Gregorian   Mar-16-06 06:00 PM   #43 
  - If I were a Catholic and Helen Thomas passed away, God Forbid,  datadiva   Mar-16-06 04:57 PM   #14 
  - I wish she was 30 years younger.  gatorboy   Mar-16-06 04:59 PM   #16 
  - I wrote the post below you simultaneously. Great minds think alike n/t  progressivebydesign   Mar-16-06 05:00 PM   #18 
     - Hey! Great minds DO think alike!  gatorboy   Mar-17-06 03:55 PM   #121 
  - I wish Helen was 25 years old...  progressivebydesign   Mar-16-06 04:59 PM   #17 
  - The "big lie" principle works for them.  IMModerate   Mar-16-06 05:00 PM   #19 
  - Scottie> "No-one in the administration was involved with Plame outing  Imagevision   Mar-16-06 09:44 PM   #80 
  - Where Plamegate, NSA wiretapping, and 9-11 converge...  EVDebs   Mar-16-06 11:14 PM   #94 
  - True! Every time they say 9/11, the freepers salivate  Canuckistanian   Mar-16-06 09:46 PM   #81 
  - diplomacy  tulsakatz   Mar-16-06 05:02 PM   #20 
  - LOL  Nightjock   Mar-16-06 05:30 PM   #36 
  - "Are we supposed to wait until a threat fully materializes?"  pinto   Mar-16-06 05:02 PM   #21 
  - If Seior intelligence was allowed to do their job - 9-11 would not happen  Imagevision   Mar-16-06 09:13 PM   #75 
  - Can I make a suggestion...  Rude Horner   Mar-16-06 05:03 PM   # 
  - My god man, you can die from that sort of alcohol intake!  acmejack   Mar-16-06 05:22 PM   #32 
  - If the milk is sour shoot the fucking cow, 'eh snotty?  0007   Mar-16-06 05:03 PM   #22 
  - Puffy McMoonface is a lying sycophant moron  Mr_Spock   Mar-16-06 05:03 PM   #23 
  - BWAAA HAAA hHAAA...."Puffy McMoonface"....  file83   Mar-16-06 09:55 PM   #84 
  - He has to be related to Baghdad bob!  Sydnie   Mar-16-06 05:03 PM   #24 
  - Send Helen thomas a love letter....  rfranklin   Mar-16-06 05:03 PM   #25 
  - I'm going to send her a link to this thread; I think she'll enjoy it!  understandinglife   Mar-16-06 06:53 PM   #47 
  - That's what I was waiting for  Marnieworld   Mar-17-06 12:50 PM   #118 
  - I just did. Thank you. nt  lostnfound   Mar-17-06 03:50 PM   #120 
  - OMG, that was just beautiful.  mark11727   Mar-16-06 05:04 PM   #26 
  - Dear Hellen: * dosn't know much. Uncle Dick probably didn't tell  davidwparker   Mar-16-06 05:06 PM   #27 
  - That little fat bastard has to be an ancestor of  doc03   Mar-16-06 05:09 PM   #29 
  - Helen Thomas is the only press corps reporter who is not a lapdog.  gademocrat7   Mar-16-06 05:11 PM   #30 
  - By NeoCon logic, Pearl Harbor 1941 was totally justifiable.  dicksteele   Mar-16-06 05:24 PM   #33 
  - Can we preemptively stop this preemptive war?  rucky   Mar-16-06 05:25 PM   #34 
  - God Bless You Helen. May you forever be a thorn in their asses.  spanone   Mar-16-06 05:30 PM   #35 
  - If I wasn't already married I would propose to Helen.  ArbustoBuster   Mar-16-06 05:34 PM   #37 
  - She makes it so easy. She just goes after the truth.  CrazyOrangeCat   Mar-16-06 05:36 PM   #38 
  - Scotty McLies-in-his sleep, chief propaganda catapulter  donkeyotay   Mar-16-06 05:42 PM   #39 
  - These bastards......sound like two year olds......  Th1onein   Mar-16-06 05:44 PM   #40 
  - I love that woman !  Catchawave   Mar-16-06 05:47 PM   #41 
  - Quack, quack, quack...as M.Malloy would say! Thanks,U  Catamount   Mar-16-06 05:59 PM   #42 
  - Septimbicus Eleventalus! SEPTIMBICUS ELEVENTALUS!  Marr   Mar-16-06 06:05 PM   #44 
  - It magically makes Dem politicians pee their pants  Canuckistanian   Mar-16-06 07:21 PM   #51 
  - not Harry Potter sir!  Viva_La_Revolution   Mar-16-06 08:01 PM   #56 
  - K&R - I was bouncing up and down in my car during that exchange!  Cooley Hurd   Mar-16-06 06:36 PM   #45 
  - They both mean PREVENTIVE war  TorchesAndPitchforks   Mar-16-06 06:41 PM   #46 
  - yeah, which pretty much amounts to AGGRESSION  anarch   Mar-17-06 10:39 AM   #115 
  - That little fucker is worse than Bush  graywarrior   Mar-16-06 06:57 PM   #48 
  - Agree! I want to kick his teeth in..but I restrain myself.  brer cat   Mar-16-06 08:48 PM   #68 
     - LOL  graywarrior   Mar-16-06 09:15 PM   #76 
  - September 11th September 11th September 11th September 11th September 11th  Bluebear   Mar-16-06 07:03 PM   #49 
  - Oh, dear Helen. They know. But, they are corporate dictators, so,...  Just Me   Mar-16-06 07:15 PM   #50 
  - 911 (you're gonna die)!! 911 (you're gonna die) !911 (you're gonna die)  kohodog   Mar-16-06 07:21 PM   #52 
  - Helen Thomas is brilliant nm  texpatriot2004   Mar-16-06 07:26 PM   #53 
  - Roses for Hellen Thomas!  ClayZ   Mar-16-06 07:55 PM   #54 
  - God I love that lady  stop the bleeding   Mar-16-06 07:58 PM   #55 
  - She interrupts him so he cannot get a soundbite out  adigal   Mar-16-06 08:03 PM   #57 
  - I could read a book with just her questions to this administration  mzmolly   Mar-16-06 08:03 PM   #58 
  - Every time he tried to invoke 9/11, she nailed him!  berni_mccoy   Mar-16-06 08:05 PM   #59 
  - FACT; preemptive war is ILLEGAL. There is NO DOUBT about it.  LynnTheDem   Mar-16-06 08:16 PM   #60 
  - In FACT, the indictment of the German Nazi leaders at the 1945-1949  LynnTheDem   Mar-16-06 08:20 PM   #61 
     - "On Passing the 'Nuremberg chalice' ..."  understandinglife   Mar-16-06 09:26 PM   #78 
        - George W Bush please meet Dr. Otto Ohlendorf...  IndyOp   Mar-17-06 07:21 AM   #110 
  - Who loves Helen Thomas???  in_cog_ni_to   Mar-16-06 08:21 PM   #62 
  - Me too.  uppityperson   Mar-16-06 08:37 PM   #67 
  - I Doooooooooooooooooooooo  file83   Mar-16-06 09:58 PM   #85 
  - I heart Helen.  stillrockin   Mar-16-06 08:21 PM   #63 
  - No, he doesn't..  ContraBass Black   Mar-16-06 08:22 PM   #64 
  - The text from this briefing between Helen Thomas and the Press  merbex   Mar-16-06 08:26 PM   #65 
  - Good God.  WannaJumpMyScooter   Mar-16-06 08:32 PM   #66 
  - OMG, she can see right though them. She's the best!  The Wielding Truth   Mar-16-06 11:27 PM   #95 
  - You go Helen!!  Ranec   Mar-16-06 08:51 PM   #69 
  - God love her  JerseygirlCT   Mar-16-06 09:00 PM   #71 
  - Baghdad Bob ain't got nothin on that worthless  burythehatchet   Mar-16-06 09:02 PM   #72 
  - So it takes a little old lady, ALONE, to stand up and speak the truth  RazzleDazzle   Mar-16-06 09:02 PM   #73 
  - Actually, it says a LOT about the FEAR journalists/editors have about  file83   Mar-16-06 10:04 PM   #86 
  - If Democrats in Congress  free_belmont   Mar-16-06 09:12 PM   #74 
  - I love this woman!  RedOnce   Mar-16-06 09:16 PM   #77 
  - Damn, I missed the snotty roast today. Helen rocks!  mod mom   Mar-16-06 09:41 PM   #79 
  - That's it. I'm adopting Helen Thomas as my grandmother.  file83   Mar-16-06 09:51 PM   #83 
  - Helen is amazing!  sellitman   Mar-16-06 10:10 PM   #87 
  - It's very simple  rman   Mar-16-06 10:13 PM   #88 
  - Even Reagan had a (flimsy) reason to hit Grenada  bigbrother05   Mar-17-06 03:40 AM   #104 
  - Helen just reached out and gave Scotty's nuts a squeeze. How do you like  yellowcanine   Mar-16-06 10:17 PM   #89 
  - Helen, you are one sharp lady  vanboggie   Mar-16-06 10:28 PM   #91 
  - Thank you Heroine Helen-hugs & great gratitude to you for your courage!  KAT119   Mar-16-06 11:34 PM   #96 
  - We need to treat these as interrogations, not conferences  kgfnally   Mar-16-06 11:48 PM   #97 
  - I LOVE HELEN!  burrowowl   Mar-16-06 11:50 PM   #99 
  - I'm thinking of a word....."disection".....yeah, that's it. Damn good job  autorank   Mar-17-06 01:27 AM   #100 
  - I love the kind of people we have on the truth-tellers' side  renate   Mar-17-06 01:32 AM   #101 
  - Answer the question scottie! It's your job!  Kurovski   Mar-17-06 01:41 AM   #102 
  - kick and recommended n/t  Swamp Rat   Mar-17-06 03:05 AM   #103 
  - Kick again  malaise   Mar-17-06 03:59 AM   #105 
  - I got to touch Helen once  symbolman   Mar-17-06 04:12 AM   #106 
  - LOL  Hissyspit   Mar-17-06 08:29 AM   #111 
  - Great story. Kudos: you spoke for millions of us!  JudyM   Mar-17-06 09:20 AM   #112 
  - "that old Arab" - as Ann Coulter calls Helen  Douglas Carpenter   Mar-17-06 05:23 AM   #107 
  - Another one for a true American Patriot, Helen Thomas!! n/t  vickiss   Mar-17-06 07:19 AM   #109 
  - Bless you Helen Thomas!!!  myrna minx   Mar-17-06 10:11 AM   #113 
  - My respect and love for Ms Thomas continues to grow.  progmom   Mar-17-06 10:25 AM   #114 
  - PASTE his fascist ass Helen!!  happydreams   Mar-17-06 12:31 PM   #116 
  - Bless her!  helderheid   Mar-17-06 12:43 PM   #117 
  - Damn!!! Kick and kick again! Go, Helen!  kiteinthewind   Mar-17-06 02:33 PM   #119 
  - Yeah September 11th taught us a lot Simple Pimple.  Rex   Mar-17-06 04:01 PM   #122 
  - We need to get our terminology straight  Jack Rabbit   Mar-17-06 04:11 PM   #123 
 

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