Reply #16: Pre Emptive Means Stopping An Incoming Attack [View All]

[KittyWampus]

That is certain to hit you. There is NO law that says you have to sit and absorb a first blow if you know it's coming. Preemption relies on haivng accurate and unquestionable intelligence indicating that you are indeed going to be hit.

Preventative means striking with no provocation or imminent threat. You are hitting with the purpose of keeping someone from gaining the capacity to ever threaten you with harm.

Do you see what the issue is here?

If Dean said that about not using Pre-Emptive Stragegy he is unfit to President... he would have allowed those planes to hit the Towers becasue to have blown them up beforehand would have PREEMPTED them.

NOT ONLY THAT, but it is certain that Rove has this on the top of his list.

It was a MAJOR GAFFE. And in the context of the article at the head of this thread.... it means Dean is dead meat.