Which Candidate Would Be Better for New York?
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
30 Issues: A Bite of the (big) Apple
» Manhattan Institute and Gifford Miller, City Council Speaker (D-5th district), on whether New York will be better off under a Kerry or a Bush administration,
» Gifford Miller
Open Phones
Ignorance is Bliss
» Baruch
What 20 Bucks Will Buy You
» New York Times Magazine
Off the Company Line
» Slate
Open Phones
Brian Lehrer VP Debate Preview - Airs at 8PM
30 ISSUES: PRE-EMPTIVE WAR
When is it acceptable to invade another country to prevent an attack on your own? What level of threat is required to act? What kind of proof is needed for the action to achieve legitimacy?
Joining us to discuss this issue are David Phillips, Kerry advisor on foreign policy and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Richard Perle, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise who served as an assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration and as chairman of the Defense Policy Board under President George Bush.
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FEEDBACK: PREEMPTIVE WAR
Iraq is better off only if Iraq achieves democracy, which has not happened. Looking at America's history at occupying countries, one would find far more incidents of the US backing dictators, such as Hussein, than converting them to democracies. Preemption should not be looked at without looking back to our ...