Preemptive and Preventive Operations

The United States should reserve the right to use deep operations in the form of preemptive and preventive operations to defend our national interests even if the act meets with the disapproval of United Nations member states. Many members of the United Nations firmly believe that any and all members must request permission and receive a consensus of votes to conduct any attack against a sovereign state. Many states also feel that preemptive and preventive operations are counter-productive to world order. Through this document, we will discuss what each type of operation represents, and we will present past uses in which the outcome demonstrated the ability of the United States to protect not only its interests, but also its citizens abroad and here at home. The United States has and will continue to exhaust all diplomatic means prior to any operation against a sovereign nation. We also will discuss the negative effects of different unilateral operations to allow the reader to form an educated decision as to the information presented. We feel that at the conclusion of this paper, we will have justified the unilateral use of deep operations in the form of preemptive and preventive operations to support our way of life.