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Sigh. You want to argue semantics, that's fine. I'm talking about a distinction between the silliness of Vietnam, or the current ridiculousness of Iraq. Both of those were/are 'preemptive wars'. Same with Korea, actually. Where the nations involved did not attack the United States, but we went to war against them to defend our 'interests'.
Pearl Harbor, regardless of whether it was an attack on a 'territory', was an attack, by a military force, belonging to an actual country, directed at the United States. If you read some of the correspondence amongst the Japanese Military regarding Pearl Harbor, they are pretty clear that they were attacking the United States.
You want to make the arguement about the fine print, well - I guess that's a way to win without actually being right.
The war in Iraq is an unwinnable farce, and history will show that to be true.
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