[Siobhan]

I won't address the rest of your scatological comments, which have nothing to do with the subject of preemptive attacks.

What an absurd response. Tactics are everything, and there is no stated U.S. policy that matters. What matters is what is in NSPDs of the President and some classified material.

[kabar]

What an absurd response. Tactics are everything, and there is no stated U.S. policy that matters. What matters is what is in NSPDs of the President and some classified material.

Of course stated policy matters. It is the basis of deterrence. Doctrine for Joint Nuclear Operations