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Preemptive War

War Vets and the New Hampshire Primary

Malou Innocent | Posted 01.09.2012 | Politics

Malou Innocent

Most of the Republican presidential candidates seem all too willing to surrender more American treasure and possibly more American soldiers for preemptive strikes again Iran.

Preemptive War and Other Nonsense

Robert Schwab | Posted 07.19.2011 | Denver

Robert Schwab

Has former President George W. Bush's preemptive war doctrine been repealed or rescinded? The New York Times editorialized earlier this week against ...

The Case for Attacking Iran's Nukes

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Fernando Espuelas

Some have argued that the Cold War-era mutual assured destruction doctrine would contain Iran. That is a big assumption -- specially in light of the Iranian regime's ideology.

Netanyahu and Threat of Bombing Iran -- The Bluff that Never Stops Giving?

Trita Parsi | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Trita Parsi

In the case of Iran, Netanyahu's tough talk undermines the Obama administration's prospects for diplomacy

Living and Dying American

Stephen Herrington | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Stephen Herrington

Back then a typical Republican was to the left of the Clintons. Nixon was a transition. It took Reagan to really define the world in which we now live, in which merit is no longer of value.

Bush Defends Pre-Emptive Strikes

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WEST POINT, N.Y. — President George W. Bush on Tuesday defended his doctrine of pre-emptive war and warned that the United States must remain wi...

Thanksgiving Text Messages from Captives at Taj Provided More Reasons to Give Thanks

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Robert Creamer

Two of my wife's constituents had been holed up in their hotel room at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai. They had been there for over a day avoiding the terrorist gunmen that still stalked its corridors.

Impeach Bush if He Attacks Iran

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

John W. Whitehead

Bush's so-called "preemptive military action" suggests that whatever foreign nation does not stand with the US must, by default, stand against us.