...since 2002, or the lack of efficacy of unilateralism. Sections reminiscent of the 2002 document such as "Prevent Our Enemies from Threatening Us, Our Allies,...and Our Friends with Weapons of Mass Destruction," but also a broadening of traditional national security which included sections on "Ignite a New Era...

...defeat global terrorism and work to prevent attacks against us and ourfriends; work with others to defuse regional conflicts; prevent our enemies from threatening us, our allies, and ourfriends, with weapons ofmass destruction; ignite a new era of global economic growth throughfree...

...terrorism and work to prevent attacks against the United States and its allies; work with others to defuse regional conflicts; prevent our enemies from...our friends with weapons of mass destruction; ignite a new era of global economic growth through free markets and free trade; expand the circle of development...

...continued, and the country intends to "defeat these threats to our Nation, allies, and friends," and to prevent "our enemies from threatening us, our allies,...and our friends, with weapons of mass destruction." It is "a matter of common sense and self-defense," therefore, that "America will act against such emerging...

...nsc/nss.html (Accessed on 25 May 2004); The US National Security Council, US National Security Strategy: Prevent Our Enemies From Threatening Us, Our Allies,...and Our Friends with Weapons of Mass Destruction, June 2001, http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/wh/15425.htm (Accessed on 25 May 2004); and US Commission on...

...September 2002, the Bush administration announced a doctrine of "preemptive" actions designed (in fact) to prevent "our enemies from threatening us, our allies,...and our friends, with weapons of mass destruction." The document elaborated that "[t]he greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction — and...

...defeat global terrorism and work to prevent attacks against us and our friends; • work with others to defuse regional conflicts; • prevent our enemies...friends, with weapons of mass destruction; • ignite a new era of global economic growth through free markets and free trade; • expand the circle of development...

...The 2002 United States' National Security Strategy identifies one major element of US strategy as, "Prevent our enemies from threatening us, our allies,...and our friends with weapons of mass destruction." 15 In turn, one of the three components of this strategy element is defined as: "Effective consequence...