*Joel S. Beinin, Ivan Eland, and Edward A. Olsen, [http://www.independent.org/tii/forums/030625ipfTrans.html Preemptive War Strategy: A New U.S. Empire?] (Transcript), [[Independent Institute]], June 25, 2003.
*Ulrich Arnswald, [http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/09/1639819.php Preventive War or Preemptive War], ''IndyMedia'', September 3, 2003.
*Stan Crock, [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=66&ncid=66&e=1&u=/bw/20031022/bs_bw/nf200310221599db056 Preemptive War Is the Wrong Weapon], ''BusinessWeek'' Online, October 22, 2003: "the electronic newsletter sent out by [[Chuck Spinney]], a retired Pentagon analyst ... starts out with a quote from the late journalist [[H. L. Mencken]]: '''"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed [and hence clamorous to be led to safety] by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."'''
'''Future Preemptive Actions'''
*David Morgan, [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=14&u=/nm/20031205/ts_nm/iraq_usa_stabilization_dc Pentagon Weighs Contentious Peacekeeping Plans], Reuters, December 5, 2003.