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Jack Rabbit
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Fri Mar-17-06 05:11 PM
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There is nothing wrong with a pre-emptive war. That is a situation where an attack is immanent and the defending country, rahter than wait around for the hostilities to start, strikes first.
The invasion of Iraq was in no way a pre-emtive war. It was a preventive war. A preventive war is one in which there is no immediate threat, just the remote possibility of hostilities breaking out at some indefinite time in the future. That is what Ms. Thomas meant to say; such a war is a violation of the UN Charter the The Hague Agreement.
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