Preemptive foreign policy
Why didn't you elect Kreskin? He has been reading minds for years.
Hitting someone first because they say something aggressive -- better yet, because you have a feeling that they're going to hit you -- have names: aggravated assault in the first case, and assault with paranoia as its motivator in the second.
The branch point was already reached when we decided to pursue foreign policy as if it were playground politics.