Critics of the Bush Doctrine

question 51

Multiple Choice

Critics of the Bush Doctrine

• A) believed that a pre-emptive attack was better than what President Bush had proposed as part of his new doctrine.
• B) cited the damage it would do to the domestic economy.
• C) pointed out that pre-emptive wars against other nations have traditionally been waged by dictator and rogue states, not democratic nations.
• D) claimed that launching pre-emptive war would allow the United States to pursue world peace by eliminating terrorism.
• E) believed that by endorsing such a policy, the United States could argue against decisions of other nations to do the same when they felt threatened.

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