In Michael Kroenig's article "Time to Attack Iran"" one of his first worries of a nuclear Iran was that "A nuclear-armed Iran would immediately limit U.S. freedom of action in the Middle East "4. Here the basis of the morality of American preventive war is the protection of our interest. Our interest as many of our Presidents and other leaders have put it, is essential to our national security, our interest are our national security. And the only way the world can be at peace is if American interests are secure, that includes our allies. This thinking encompasses Walzer's idea that "Strategy, like morality, is a language of justification "5. The idea is that preventive war is based on the idea of necessity, security and justice and while its basis is uncertainty, it, in the end, serves the greater good.

             The language of justification as Walzer calls it is the main foundation of any preventive war. If we look at the Iraqi war one can see the language of justification that paved the way for our ultimate failure. The Bush administration painted a picture in which the morals of a preventive war were defined by the ideas of justice and vengeance. Now, again the Obama administration is slowly but surely building an argument based on the idea of international security and our place as the world's foremost leader. Yet, this moral reality that America, and in the end, countless other nations have created around the idea of preventive war is based on a foundation of uncertainty and fear.

             The grandiose language surrounding the preventive war is in itself self-serving and ridden with unfounded fear; a fear that claims a shift in the balance of power is imminent. So, now one can see that the true language of preventive war is one of power and balance. Yet, as Walzer mentioned the statesman must feel the agony of decision making in order to find himself agreeable with the rest of society6. The agony must be shown in a way that convinces the entire nation that "we " are choosing to strike for the greater good; that the decision to strike first is just and that if there were any other way, the peaceful path would be taken.