No, it doesn't. Doing it now, to do it before it becomes and imminent threat, makes it a war of choice. He did not ask Congress, if he should choose to wage a war of choice at this time. I did not even let regional military allies know we would be flying over, so they would not be shot down. His idiot Hegseth, did not even let units in theater know, the war was about to start, so that friendly US could have been on the move, instead of sitting in place as marked targets. This is how we lost 3 F-15 Eagles to friendly fire and 4 to 6 Army personnel in a TOC that not only should have been moving. Movement being the main difference in a TOC vs a MACOM installation, which are usually hardend and have bunkers underneath. The idiot starting and running this war, couldn't run fast food franchise. If he had consulted congress, to see if his MAGA controlled Congress wanted a war of choice at this time, we might not be here at this time, with the straights of Hormuz blockaded, oil going from $62/barrel to 99.75/barrel, no allies on from the start, and not all onboard now. But, he thought a one man decision was better, for going now, though we had been building up Naval power in the region for weeks or months. Bad move, by the dumbass.