preventive strike
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Yet to launch a preventive strike in 2007, the Israelis had to overcome the opposition of the George W. Bush State Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Neither Mr. Tillerson nor Mr. Mattis has broken with the White House on the issue of a preventive strike.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
Mr. Green warned against a preventive strike in testimony on Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
Says Christian Tomuschat, professor of international law at the University of Bonn: "It always comes down to the same question: Was there a real and imminent danger that would have justified a preventive strike?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Tensions rose to the point where the Soviets hinted that they might even launch a preventive strike against China's nuclear installations unless Peking agreed to negotiations aimed at settling the conflict.
From Time Magazine Archive
