[OXENinFLA]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html


Link to Doc.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The National Security Strategy of the United States of America
Table of Contents

Introduction

 

1. Overview of America's International Strategy
2. Champion Aspirations for Human Dignity
3. Strengthen Alliances to Defeat Global Terrorism and Work to Prevent Attacks Against Us and Our Friends
4. Work with others to Defuse Regional Conflicts
5. Prevent Our Enemies from Threatening Us, Our Allies, and Our Friends with Weapons of Mass Destruction
6. Ignite a New Era of Global Economic Growth through Free Markets and Free Trade
7. Expand the Circle of Development by Opening Societies and Building the Infrastructure of Democracy
8. Develop Agendas for Cooperative Action with the Other Main Centers of Global Power
9. Transform America's National Security Institutions to Meet the Challenges and Opportunities of the Twenty-First Century

    PDF Version of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America

[austingirl]

"cannot let our enemies strike first" "act pre-emptively"

How refreshing!

[r9etb]

The document emphasizes creating "a balance of power that favors human freedom" and "supporting moderate and modern government, especially in the Muslim world, to ensure that the conditions and ideologies that promote terrorism do not find fertile ground in any nation."

I think this line will be of particular interest to the Chinese. Their antipathy to Christianity and the Falun Gong is evidence that they're already worried about such changes.

[VaBthang4]

Might as well drop this in here before they overwhelm this one...

[finnman69]

Any questions as to differences between Bush and Gore?

[A Navy Vet]

Boy, is this going p.o. the peaceniks and Libertarians.

[Maceman]

"We want there to be a strong United Nations. The United Nations must be more than a debating society. We don't want the United Nations to become the League of Nations. We want the United Nations to have backbone and enforce its resolutions and doctrines and mandates," Bush said.

I am very uneasy about what this position will lead to when next we have Democratic traitors in the White House.

[marron]

I've read part of it. So far I like it. Its like he's been listening to the voices inside my head. Or maybe the voices in my head have been talking to the voices in his head.

Maybe they met for a round of golf and some brews.

I'll reserve judgement until I see what it means in its application. I'm not happy about giving much legitimacy to the UN and other failed alliances, but I'll give him a chance to see who wags who.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

My first-pass take is that the Bush administration is in full "transformation" mode - similar to what Rumsfeld has been doing at the Pentagon. Essentially, aligning our intelligence, military, and foreign relations strategy with our national security interests - all based on post-Cold war conventional and non-conventional threats.

The Clinton administration should have been doing this back in the 90's but Slick was pre-occupied with cigars and sinks.

[J. Semper Paratus]

Nice Policy. It's about time.

Say, isn't this following the "America First" theme shared by Pat Buchanan?

I wonder how much looking into the eyes of the poor loved ones who lost the thousands of relatives in the 911 murders changed Bush.

[muleboy]

So "Might makes Right" is now official U.S. policy?

Have we gone from "Don't Tread on Me" to "Don't even think of trying to acquire the means to tread on me"?

I wonder who is spinning in their graves more, the Founders or Ike Eisenhower?

Certainly Lincoln must be smiling his beard off.

[adam stevens]

Just watch how the Democrats will come out of the woodwork to oppose this and will say America risks becoming "imperialist," a term that only commies like them understand.

[Common Tator]

There is a huge problem with deterrence when used on a muslim nation.

The Russians Communists were atheists. They believed that when life on earth was over all life was over. They did not believe in life after death. Thus if you could convince the Russians that an attack on us, even if successful. would result in their deaths too, there was nothing to be gained by attacking us. They could only lose too. That was the reasoning behind mutually assured destruction. It worked.

But if a nation believes that attacking its enemies and dying in the process guarantees its citizens instant transformation to an honored spot next to allah in Heaven, then what we call deterrence is their answer to fervent prayer.

The fact that all 18 hijackers on 911 were going to die did not deter them. It urged them on. They were going to eternal life and luxury in total happyness. Eternal life and luxury in total happyness is an attraction not a deterrent.

With such peoples and nations the only decision is how much force must they have to make a credible attack. They get the reward in heaven for the success of their attack. Once they feel sure of being successful in the attack then their own death is just a short cut to a prefered spot in Allah's heaven.

The only possible defense to people with such beliefs is an offense that takes them out before they attack us.

The left tells us Saddam is not really a devout Muslim. Uh! HUH!. They want to bet my life on that assumption. Do you want to let them bet yours?

[arkfreepdom]

No difference between Bush and Gore, huh?

[BlueNgold]

I hope I speak for many when I say that I am happy and proud to have a President that understands his responsibility is to place America first - cooperate internationally when possible, but in the end - America First!

[EGPWS]

"The Bush strategy is the most aggressive U.S. strategy since the Reagan administration, if not before."

Ahh, how refereshing to hear Reagan's name again, especially in this context.

However, I see it as "The Bush strategy is the most sensible and U.S. oriented strategy since the Reagan administration, if not before."

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Skibane]

the Uited States...will never allow its military supremacy to be challenged, as it was by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

It's comforting to know that we will nuke Great Britain if its military ever gets larger than ours...

This doctrine will be received by much of the world as American arrogance — "Not only will we defend our status as the world's sole superpower, but we'll do it because we're the kindest, most benevolent country on earth. Oh, and by the way, we're better than you are."

[San Jacinto]

Gosh, I guess all the people who said there is no difference between the two parties and that Bush is as bad as Gore were right after all. This looks exactly like the same policy Gore would anounce. /sarcasm