The Urgent Need for Preemption
By David Holcberg

As the 9/11 hearings proceed, it has become clear that both the Clinton and Bush administrations were at fault for not striking at Al-Qaeda before September 11. While leftists hypocritically blame Bush, conservatives retroactively blame Clinton. Yet both camps are repeating the mistakes of the past and still trying the diplomatic approach in dealing with terrorist states.

Today there is no doubt about the threat to America posed by Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and North Korea, among others. But almost no one is calling for an attack on any of these regimes. Hopefully, America will not wait for a more horrific version of 9/11 before striking at its avowed enemies. Hopefully, but--at this rate--not likely.