But George W. Bush may. In the Iraq crisis, the President has often spoken of "pre-emption", a phrase that's unfamiliar to many Americans, perhaps because you won't find it in our national legends, like the film High Noon and James Fenimore Cooper's "The Deerslayer." Is there an American reluctance to fire the first shot? Also on the show: former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter on Iraq's 13,000-page self-evaluation.
Economic Forecast: Snow
John Harwood, political reporter for the Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com on the new chief economic advisor, Stephen Friedman and the likely man to replace Paul O’Neill, John Snow.
No Soup for You!
Open phones on suggestions to close budget gaps with higher taxes on the middle class
Heading for Disaster
Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector and Gulf War veteran, on why we should not go to war with Iraq
The Game of Global Domination
David Ropeik, director of risk communication at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis on how the war will affect your chances of arriving for dinner on time.
Tread Softly with a Big Stick
Ken Ringle, Washington Post staff writer and cultural critic, says preemption goes against the US' character
Murphy's Law
Richard W. Murphy, senior fellow in Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and former United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1981-1983), on why we should expect the worst from Saddam Hussein
Follow The Brian Lehrer Show on: