The former president's policy on the right to attack possible threats came after the terrorist attacks in two thousand one.
VOA: special.2010.05.29
He moved most of his men into position to attack what he now knew was the weak, right side of the Union line.
VOA: special.2009.09.17
We've got the World Cup coming up and I'd hate to see guys go into their shells but it's decision-making - when is the right time to attack and the right time to defend - and we haven't done that well enough.
Contradictory as it seems, Mr Bush has also repeatedly claimed that, whatever the Security Council decides, America has the right to attack Iraq in self-defence.