The Bush Doctrine: Selective Bullying by Harry Browne: "Vladimir Putin, the Russian 'president,' has announced that he's developing a new nuclear weapon system that 'not a single other nuclear power has, or will have, in the near future.' Since the Russians already have the nuclear weapons and conventional forces that could overrun any country in the world – except one – we must assume that such a new weapons system will be aimed at only one country – America."

"The "Bush doctrine" of foreign policy is really very simple: Attack any country that can't fight back, but don't rock the boat with any country that might be able to attack the United States."