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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> I love pre-emptive strikes---those by the U.S. against a mortal threat.

Iraq was not a mortal threat and the proof was the posture of her neighbors.

At one time, the Soviets were a mortal threat. They had devastating stuff 
pointed at us needing only the double key-turn. What if we had struck 
preemptively? Those of us who survived would be cutting logs with stone tools.

We could preemptively strike North Korea and Iran right now and justify it 
as strongly as we did Iraq.

I fear the preemptive strike theory will cause us more long-term harm than 
good.