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1
The National Security Strategy of the United States at
www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss/html
.
2
There are many notable instances when top American officials stated their militaristic intentions towards
Iraq with or without any multilateral assistance. These include the comments by Secretary of Defense
Rumsfeld on March 11, 2002 when he suggested that if a second UN resolution was not obtained, the
assistance of the United Kingdom was not required to commence operations. You can see the text of the
briefing at:
www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/t03112003_t03111sd.html
. This was followed by an
almost immediate correction and restatement reaffirming the American hopes and belief of continuing
British support, viewable at
www.defenselink.mil/releases/2003/b03112003_bt108-3sd.html
.
3
Merry, E. Wayne. “Thinking Beyond NATO”, The National Interest, v3, i8. February 25, 2004
4
Hulsman, John C. “A Grand Bargain with Europe: Preserving NATO for the 21
st
Century”, The heritage
Foundation, executive Memorandum #643, January 24, 2000.
5
Merry, E. Wayne. “Thinking Beyond NATO”, The National Interest, v3, i8. February 25, 2004
6
CIA World Factbook 2004 (
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
)
7
CIA World Factbook 2004 (
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
)
8
David P. Calleo “Power, Wealth and Wisdom: The United States and Europe After Iraq”, The National
Interest, Summer 2003, i72, p5
9
David P. Calleo “Power, Wealth and Wisdom: The United States and Europe After Iraq”, The National
Interest, Summer 2003, i72, p5
10
Kennedy, Craig and Marshall M Bouton. “The Real Trans-Atlantic Gap”, Foreign Policy, Winter 2002,
p68.
11
United Press International, November 25, 2003.
Convention