You're right... we didn't start them, but we did go in and actually accomplish something.
This pre-emptive shit isn't doing a damn thing and is truly just sucking up money.
Sorry, but while you may think it's ok to pre-emtively strike those who "may" do us harm... That's not how the fucking world works.
It's not about fuzzy bunnies... It's about realizing that just because you don't like someone doesn't give you the right to run around and blow them the fuck up.
Actually the problem is America didn't blow them fuck up as you so eloquently put it.
America could have reined death on Baghdad, Kirkuk, Basra and all those other cities.
Its not like China or Russia would have cared since they both seem to do it when they invade or hold territory.
Instead they took time to liberate a country. That is why it was so expensive.