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  1. Preventive war

    A preventive war is a war or military action initiated to prevent a belligerent or neutral party from acquiring a capability for attacking. The party being attacked has either a latent threat capability or has shown through its posturing that it intends to follow through with a future attack. Preventive war aims to forestall a shift in the balance of power by strategically attacking before the balance of power has had a chance to shift in the favor of the targeted party. Preventive war is distinct from preemptive strike, which is first strike when an attack is imminent.Most experts hold that a preventive strike undertaken without the approval of the United Nations is illegal under the modern framework of international law. Robert Delahunty and John Yoo from the George W. Bush administration maintained in their discussion of the Bush Doctrine that these standards are unrealistic.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of preventive war in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of preventive war in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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