After
No president, though all of American history, has ever ceded, and nor would I, the right to preempt in any way necessary to protect the United States of America.
But if and when you do it, Jim, you have to do it in a way that passes the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people understand fully why you're doing what you're doing and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons.
I don't see the word "after," but I suppose you can spin it that way. Fine. Elect Kerry. Listen to what he says and ignore what he's actually been doing for thirty years.
Something to think about: Where would the Middle East be now if we'd decided not to fight Gulf War I?