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"I have answered this specifically on several occasions" Yeah, I nailed you on it too.
Tom Brosz — (archived)

An attack upon america or her allies, or catching an attack unequivocably in the offing, or irrefutable evidence of imminent attack.

We already established that an actual attack warrants a response. That's the easy one. The rest, as I recall, I asked you to supply even a theoretical example of what would meet this level of evidence. That's when it got fun.

For example, what would you accept as "irrefutable" CIA intelligence on ANYTHING? For that matter, how the hell could any intelligence information be defined as "irrefutable," unless one invaded the nation and examined the evidence first hand? Even now, a lot of things are still fuzzy about Iraq.

You see, you can toss words in like "unequivocable" and "irrefutable," but it's hard to nail things down this tight in the real world.

So, we're back to the attack again. Like I said, it is not an indefensible position.

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