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I am talking going into terrorist supporting foreign countries without having been attacked by them.
Okay, I read the first passage as promulgating efforts to prevent the growth of new cells domestically.
Now. Where is the line drawn when deciding what nations to "pre-empt", and which to ignore? IMO, we should have "pre-empted" China when they hijacked our EP-3 in April, 2001. We should certainly "pre-empt" Saudi Arabia, yesterday, if not sooner, for it's continuing role in fomenting terrorism. That funny guy with the beard in Cuba, let's "pre-empt" him, while we're at it. And those nasal voiced snots in Paris, they could use a solid dose of "pre-emption", at about the same time we "pre-empt" Mexico for it's unofficial ongoing invasion.
What ever happened to the idea that Congress is supposed to declare war, then the president wages it?