I often have heard the statement "we shouldn't go to war unless there is imminent danger."
To the libs: tell me how exactly we prevent an attack if it's imminent??
2006-11-30 02:46:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Immediate danger.
2006-11-30 02:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by inov8ed 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In real terms it means we get clobbered first and then strike back. What is imminent is very subjective. We will never know for certain when another country/group is going to do something and that is especially true of terrorists. It used to be kind of OK to wait until we got hit. The US was willing to sacrifice troops like we did at Pearl Harbor and the Phillipines. However in the nuclear world waiting until some rat sets off a A-bomb is simply not tolerable. Some folks might think I am overstating the case but what if the 9/11 hijackers had access to a nuke. They obviously didn't care about their own lives so I imagine they'd have pulled the detonator on a nuke.
2006-11-30 10:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by k3s793 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
'Imminent Danger' means when the enemy is ready and we are not.
2006-11-30 12:02:41 · answer #3 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means an unavoidable inevitable , incoming danger.
2006-11-30 10:56:22 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if something is just about to happen - it is imminent
2006-11-30 10:48:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋