...of CONTROL. Anyway, assuming that, in principle, Colombia can respond to an attack by FARC from Ecuador by entering Ecuador it
self, the second problem with this case is anticipatory
self-
defense. As far as I can tell, Colombia is not making the same preventative
self-
defense argument that Bush did in the National Security Strategy. On the contrary, its legal argument is the much more classical case of anticipatory or interceptive
self-
defense in relation to an attack which is imminent, or is an ongoing process. Think, for example, of the Caroline incident....
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Chris Borgen
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