G-man: Nice T-Shirt, I whink I will make same, just in Slovak And you resemble one actor with me, just can not recall the name
airtac: I think more about international politics. Like I hve readen about "preventive attack" on Iran today. Can there be anything like "preventive attack" anyway? It is like I don't like the way that type looks around, let's bust him preventively, he might be pickpocket... And still, he just has some eye problems.
Actually, the idea of a preventative (preemptive) attack is well defined and makes sense.
If you know an enemy is building for a set goal that will lead to an encounter, take away their ability to do so.
Think about it this way. If someone walked up to you and told you they were going to walk across the street, buy a gun, and come back and kill your family (and you believed them) would you let them? They haven't actually *done* anything yet.
And in this case, the guy has said that and is already *trying* to buy the "gun."
Premptive attacks are meant to prevent much larger losses of life on both sides. If you're facing an enemy that can kill hundreds of people now but it searching for a way to kill hundreds of thousands or millions... now is a lot better time to be fighting than later.