The most demonstrative example of LeMay's advocacy for a policy of
preemptive attack against the Soviet Union took place in July 1955, at a gathering of senior political, defense and military officials in Virginia.
While Israel's outgoing defence minister Ehud Barak has tried repeatedly in the past to get the Americans on board for a possible offensive attack on Iran, the Obama administration has so far stalled any
preemptive attack.
Should a nation launch a
preemptive attack that will kill innocent people?
The Government launched a
preemptive attack on councils including Birmingham, Dudley and Coventry, which are expected to announce council tax increases.
"I m very dubious that anybody, whether it be the Israelis or the United States, can put together a
preemptive attack which can get at enough of the nuclear program to stop it," Gingrich said.
Before landing in Israel late Tuesday, Panetta denied reports that meetings with Israeli leaders would cover potential plans for a
preemptive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
The findings and analysis are presented under the sub headings of:
preemptive attack, preventive attack and international law.
Iran's ambassador to Moscow said the day after Hejazi spoke that Iran had no such
preemptive attack policy.
The question remains as to whether the US will come to a full and total realization before it accedes to Netanyahu's demands for its blessing in a
preemptive attack.
More specifically: if the histories of World War One and the Cold War are any guide, a strategy of deterrence rather than
preemptive attack is soundest.
"On Sunday 6 at 11:00am, armed groups loyal to Oliny intercepted some of the SPLA soldiers who were on their way to the local market in a village near Owuac, resulting into the clash in which one of the SPLA soldiers was killed and another sustained and retreated to their base from where they then launched
preemptive attack against militia groups.