190. The short answer is that if th

190. The short answer is that if there are good arguments for preventive military action, with good evidence to support them, they should be put to the Security Council, which can authorize such action if it chooses to. If it does not so choose, there will be, by definition, time to pursue other strategies, including persua-sion, negotiation, deterrence and containment - and to visit again the military option.