Former US diplomat George F. Kennan famously said that “democracy fights in anger.” But the new strategic doctrine of “preemption,” which many argued would define war-making in the twenty-first century, suggests that democracies also fight in dread.
这部分地反映了一个存在的威胁，即2001年9月11日恐怖袭击向大量人民所展示的那个。人们相信，美国必须开始以不同的思维思考战争。前美国外交官凯南（George F. Kennan）将其称为“愤怒的民主战斗”。但“先发制人”的新战略思想——许多人认为这正是21世纪的战争思维——表明民主国家也会因恐惧而战斗。