Figured out, finally, what was troubling me about the pre-emptive strike thing, why it seems different this time from the Spanish-American War et al.

It's true we've done it before; what's been gnawing on my mind is that this is the first time it's been declared a national policy.

Individual cops have shot first and asked questions later, with different degrees of success, but if the police department makes it an official policy, that's scary. And that's why a lot of the world is scared of us.

It takes me a while, sometimes

clint