COUNTERPOINT:
"Is it just me, or does a pre-emptive strike seem against what the US stands for morally? I always thought our policy was not to act as the agressor but to act as a defender of the peace."
-This is, in theory, true, assuming there are no countervailing considerations-- things like the general opposition of autocratic regimes, support for democratic governments and the rights of minorities (think Kurds and Shi'a Muslims, for example). The moral questions involved here are more complicated than whether or not some theoretical miltiary strike is justified in a military sense.
And as far as Europe, anti-immigrant sentiment, and France in particular, there was a fantastic article on this very subject in last month's Commentary, which I will lend to you if you like.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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