Terrorism and preventive (preemptive) strike doctine

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Bush’s ’first strike’ doctrine for Iraq: By Matthew Engel, DAWN, Tuesday 4 June 2002. President Bush locked himself even more firmly into an attack on Iraq when he warned at the weekend that the US must take pre-emptive action against potential enemies, and repudiated the old cold war policy of deterrence and containment. Terrorism justifies first stikes.
Preemption's the new buzz word: By Marc Erikson, Asia Times, 22 June 2002. Bush has tasked his national security team to formalize a strategy of preemptive action—including military attack. For much of the last century, America’s defense relied on the Cold War doctrines of deterrence and containment. . . But new threats require new thinking.
Washington’s phony pretext for Iraqi invasion: By Bill Vann, WSWS, 29 June 2002. Cheney: Wars are not won on the defensive; We must take the battle to the enemy. The administration’s plan calls for the use of CIA and US Special Forces teams, similar to Afghanistan since 911, to assassinate Hussein.