[Publius6961]

Personally, I think preemptive wars are a good thing.
Doesn't bother me a bit if it's called that.

I am positive that history misses a few preemptive war that never happened, and I would suggest no actual preemptive wars by western powers have been seen as wrong. Certainly not this one.

[USNBandit]

It's like saying it was a surprise attack with a 12 year warning.