Be Mindful Of the Consequences

Bush, Allies Seek Consensus on Mideast - 16 Jul 2006 at 10:23am - World leaders, mindful of turbulent Mideast politics, struggled Sunday to draft a consensus statement on escalating warfare between Hezbollah and Israel that dominated talks at the summit of wealthy nations...

"Our message to Israel is, look, defend yourself," Bush said. "But as you do so, be mindful of the consequences. So we've urged restraint."

So the rule must be: when defending yourself, be mindful of the consequences, but when pre-empting others, consequences be damned.