Originally posted by MrFatBooty
Think about the various conflicts we have been involved in during the 20th century. WWI started in Europe and we did not enter until our allies asked for help. We didn't enter WWII until after Pearl Harbor. The Korean War started when the North tried to invade the South. Vietnam started after the Gulf of Tonkin incident (the existence of which I would rather not debate). The first time we went to Iraq it was because they invaded Kuwait. The trend is there, and it's a well-known precedent. I'm not going to find some document to prove what is common knowledge.
And what's the commonality, Mike? The commonality between all those events is that American soldiers and civilians died for no reason because we were too busy trying to convince our citizens that war was necessary. What is wrong with striking first if we know that they other country will strike us eventually?