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This 8 page paper discusses the concept of pre-emption in international affairs, specifically the U.S. response to 9/11. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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action. Discussion The prompt asks the student to consider this situation: French intelligence has identified stockpiles of nuclear weapons in Iran, and Iran allegedly has ties to terrorists with known
anti-Western ideology. This is clearly based on the argument made by the United States for attacking and deposing Iraqs Saddam Hussein: that he had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction and
was going to launch an attack on the United States within a time certain; it was imperative that he be stopped before that attack could take place. Today of course
we know that the above is a myth. The minimal amounts of nuclear material found in Iraq cannot in all honesty be said to point to a weapons development program,
nor was any delivery system found. That makes the U.S. invasion questionable and American motives extremely unclear. Some believe that the U.S. invasion was an "oil grab," others that it
was an effort by the United States to establish a permanent presence in the Middle East. Thus far, it seems to have had one definite result: it has raised anti-American
sentiment in the region to new heights. The French therefore are likely to have a great deal of trouble in trying to make a case for pre-emption. Lets examine the
three claims that could be used: self-defense; aggression and intervention. Self-defense is the claim raised by the United States; that we had to attack to forestall an attack by the
Iraqis; i.e., it was a pre-emptive attack in self-defense. This is extremely weak when put like that, because the entire rationale depends on being able to predict with absolute certainty
what another person/nation is going to do. However, there are arguments that can be mustered to support this view but they must be used with caution and supported with reasoned
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