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The question arises which will come first the Chicken or the Egg or both at the same time, will the catalyst be the Third Jewish Temple or the Pre-Emptive Nuclear Attack upon, the Republic of Iran, or both in injunction.
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You can go around in circles all you want about where the "Bush Doctrine" ends, and where "The Doctrine of Pre-Emptive Strike" begins, and whether Charlie Gibson, a news anchor, should know more about it then Sarah Palin, a vice-presidential candidate.
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Obama and "Pre-Emptive Capitulation" as a Modality of Democratic Governance yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Obama and "Pre-Emptive Capitulation" as a Modality of Democratic Governance'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: This is a polemic against the "weak-kneed" approach to progressive policies by "team Obama."
Obama and "Pre-Emptive Capitulation" as a Modality of Democratic Governance 2009
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As of yesterday, for example, The Onion's YouTube video "U.S. Condemned for Pre-Emptive Use of Hillary Clinton Against Pakistan" had over 125,000 views while excerpts from the question-and-answer session between Mrs. Clinton and seven Pakistani journalists, which appeared on Pakistani television, had a tenth of that.
Mayhill Fowler: A New Foreign Policy: Hillary Clinton Targets Pakistan 2009
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Conservative Lawyers Urge Bush To Issue Pre-Emptive Pardons\' To Officials Involved In Illegal Programs '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Such a pardon would reduce the risk that a future administration might undertake a criminal investigation of operatives or policy makers involved in programs that administration lawyers have said were legal but that critics say violated laws regarding torture and surveillance.
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When the police arrive, just tell them you launched a “Pre-Emptive Strike”.
Think Progress » Fox News: “Are ‘Scoops’ More Important To Media Than Stopping Terror?” 2006
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Pre-Emptive war based upon false information and fabrications.
SHINE THE KLIEG LIGHTS ON THE LIES: TO PARDON UNPARDONABLE CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS IS UNPARDONABLE News from Mad Plato 2007
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As with their Pre-Emptive War, the War Nuts in the White House have also lied to us and themselves that Global Warming was just a theory.
SAVE IT OR LOSE IT News from Mad Plato 2007
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The Decider's terrible grins are tanned and tenacious; his warnings are a preamble for more Shock-and-Awe Pre-Emptive War.
Archive 2007-10-01 News from Mad Plato 2007
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If Bill Clinton can be impeached because of his penis, then George W. Bush can certainly be impeached because of his administration's HARD lies put ON the American people so that he could start this tragic Pre-Emptive Iraq War.
THIRTY-NINE MINUTES OF PROMISES AND PERPETUAL WAR News from Mad Plato 2007
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