[sheltonmac]

You ARE debating semantics. Hanson has referred to the nation of Serbia (among others) in columns written in support of our war in Iraq. Whether he specifically said "U.S. security" or "U.S. interests" is irrelavent. Hanson--the good little neoconservative that he is--sees no difference between the two. As far as Hanson is concerned, Hussein, like Milosevic, may have not attacked the U.S. directly, but he deserved to be attacked on "moral" grounds.

[beckett]

You ARE debating semantics.

Semantics is the study of meanings. This debate is about semantics only if you believe that "national security threats" and "national interests" mean the same thing. If you do believe that, I'm afraid the remedial work you require on geopolitics would take more time than I have to spare at the moment.