Bush's 'Preventive War' Doctrine Under Siege: "the failure to find weapons and the clouds over prewar intelligence are... feeding US allies' doubts on the rationale for war, and solidifying opposition to the administration's stated right to preemptive war.
... In a televised interview this week, former chief US weapons inspector David Kay said, "If you cannot rely on good, accurate intelligence that is credible to the American people and to others abroad, you certainly can't have a policy of preemption.""
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