Marco Rubio Reminds me of the scene in Dr Strangelove where the President is advised to “pre-taliate” before the Russians retaliate
Pre-emptive retaliation - or preventative war and preemption* is a concept the US has espoused and used several times in the past. As of course did Israel in June 1967......
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https://nonproliferation.org/wp-cont...r/101wirtz.pdf
https://www.rand.org/content/dam/ran...RAND_MG403.pdf