What is Preemptive Strike?
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Means an ATTACK, using information gleaned from a journey in a time machine that ascertained that THEY would have attacked US if we hadn't done it to THEM FIRST. A term of comfort, like
Judge: You're charged with walking across the street and smacking this fellow in the teeth--how do you plead?
Defendant: He was looking at me funny, Judge. I suspected he was plotting to walk across to MY side of the street and hit ME. I had to hit him FIRST, to stop him. It was a preemptive strike. Not guilty.
Judge: I see. I find you obviously not guilty--case dismissed.
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