US warns rogue States

THE US will “not hesitate” to act alone in launching pre-emptive strikes against rogue States, George Bush said yesterday.

America will exploit its military power to “deter and defend” itself against the threats posed by enemies before they are unleashed, the US President said as he outlined his new aggressive foreign policy for the first time. “Given the goals of rogue States, we can no longer solely rely on a reactive posture as we have in the past,” he said in a 33-page document submitted to Congress.

“We will not hesitate to act alone, if necessary, to exercise our right of self-defence by acting pre-emptively.” The US will not allow its military supremacy to be challenged in the way it was in the Cold War, he added.