Fiber optic technology is NOT missle guidance systems so stop trying to confuse the issue. Loral and Schwartz became public enemies for BRIBING the Abomination to RETROACTIVELY change the rules allowing Loral to give the technology to China. It had broken the law and then had the law changed to make it legal.
That is NOTHING like Global Crossing's activities. Motorola has probably done much more to assist the Chinese with communication technology than Global Crossing. Not to mention Hughes.
Preemptive war is a war fought against an enemy which is bent upon fighting you and which is funding enemies to fight you and which is training enemies to fight you and which would provide weaponry to fight you. It is a rare phenomenon not likely to be used much. After its application to Iraq our enemies get the picture and will not provoke us with terrorist puppets. Although I can't really claim this was preemptive considering the decade long state of warfare which existed between the UN and Iraq. Essentially it is based upon the recognition that the status of weaponry is now such that we will not wait until hit with another catastrophic attack such as the WTC or OKC before acting nor will we wait until the UN allows us.
Their brilliance comes from the unwavering patriotism shown by those men in pushing a policy which runs counter to the girly man philosophy which dominated the nineties. Our action in Afganistan made it clear that we will not allow a state to harbor these killers under the pretense that the state has nothing to do with their actions. This policy will hold such a state accountable and no longer will the terrorists scurry back to their bases and escape unscathed.
Those days are gone as long as we have courageous and far-sighted thinkers such as Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld, Powell, Wolfowitz, Perle etc who understand the nature of the new war and are not afraid to act for the National security interests of the United States no matter what the DNC or UN think about it.
Do think I'm being unrealistic in my expectations that a person serving as an advisor to the U.S. government on military matters that have a major impact on this country
ought to refrain from lobbying on behalf of Communist China while functioning as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense? I don't have any problem with your description of a "preemptive war," but surely you must understand the danger of placing trust in this government of ours to do such a thing -- especially when we aren't even willing to hold people responsible for mistakes along the way.
My complaint about this "preemptive war" was that it was clearly (in my mind) a case of what I call "back-filling" -- in which the Bush administration made up its mind to invade Iraq and then went about seeking to justify it using whatever half-@ssed means it could find at its disposal. You can certainly argue with me about that, but as long as these so-called "weapons of mass destruction" are nowhere to be found I think I'm on more solid ground here than you are.
Their brilliance comes from the unwavering patriotism shown by those men in pushing a policy which runs counter to the girly man philosophy which dominated the nineties. Our action in Afganistan made it clear that we will not allow a state to harbor these killers under the pretense that the state has nothing to do with their actions. This policy will hold such a state accountable and no longer will the terrorists scurry back to their bases and escape unscathed.
What you've posted here may seem like a great idea, but there's nothing "brilliant" about it. I imagine a third grader could have developed the same conclusions.
Those days are gone as long as we have courageous and far-sighted thinkers such as Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld, Powell, Wolfowitz, Perle etc who understand the nature of the new war and are not afraid to act for the National security interests of the United States no matter what the DNC or UN think about it.
In one respect, the arrogance of these people is breathtaking. How can they possibly engage in anything remotely "far-sighted" when they can't even assure you or me that they'll even be around to execute this "war" a year from now?