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*Clark on the preemption doctrine*
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Posted to Robbedvoter's weblog on Mon Dec 22nd, 2003 at 10:19:58 PM EST


Democratic debate statement

And just to pick up on what John Kerry said, this administration's preemptive doctrine is causing North Korea and Iran to accelerate their nuclear weapons development.

Now, there are some of us who aren't in Washington right now. But I'd like to ask all those who are -- let's see some leadership in the United States Congress. Let's see you take apart that doctrine of preemption now. I don't think we can wait until November of 2004 to change the administration on this threat. We're marching into another military campaign in the Middle East. We need to stop it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A5841-2003Oct9& ;notFound=true

 
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by Anonymous on 01/21/2004 11:10:13 PM EST

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ibelieve mr.clark is the best candidate for dem president. issues can be addresed more fully i find my self not understanding what he is saying i just hope new hampshire give him a chance. i know john kerry can not beat bush . i believe clar is our only hope as american democrat . the republicans will never admit this . but clark is his worst fear


OTOH, Kerry loves that preemption doctrine: (#3) (No rating)

by Robbedvoter (Robbedvoter at forclark dot com) on 01/20/2004 06:17:51 AM EST

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Senator Kerry issued the following statement
after the president's
(sic) speech last night:
"Even having botched the diplomacy, it is
the duty of any president,
in the final analysis, to defend this nation
and dispel the security
threats, both immediate and longer term,
against it. Saddam Hussein
has brought military action upon himself by
refusing for 12 years to
comply with the mandates of the United
Nations."
So, authiring the Syria accountability act for W was only consistent for him


Congress testimony - Sept 26, 2002: (#2) (No rating)

by Robbedvoter (Robbedvoter at forclark dot com) on 01/19/2004 11:47:31 AM EST

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Clark opposes the preemption doictrine - inappropriate for regime change and no time limitation
http://www.videos4clark.com/vidclips/15.wmv


preemptive vs preventive (#1) (No rating)

by Robbedvoter (Robbedvoter at forclark dot com) on 01/18/2004 04:33:17 PM EST

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3983123/
But Clark, the West Point debate team captain, insists on responding to those attacks by teaching something of a college short-course on the difference between "pre -emptive" and "preventative" war. On the campaign bus, he tried it again and landed on a slightly better definition of why Bush's war was a preventative war and why it was dangerous. He urged common sense by evoking the Vietnam-era talk of destroying a village in order to save it. "The whole idea that we should have a war now so we don't have to fight one later has always struck a lot of people as really bad," he said. "It's a case of logic overriding common sense." That was part of a sound-bite answer that voters could digest and his opponents would find more difficult to demagogue