Pre-emptive war

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Pre-emptive war is war that is waged in an attempt to prevent other conflicts in the future, rather than in response to a direct attack or provocation. It is at the heart of the Bush Doctrine; the first example was the war in Iraq and current U.S. occupation.

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• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Pre-emptive_war" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-emptive_war, used under the GNU Free Documentation License