Add "preemption" to the meaningless words list

A year ago I wrote that "containment" and "imminence" had become meaningless words post 9/11--outdated concepts. Victor Davis Hanson on National Review Online makes the case to add "preemption" to that list. Excerpt:

In short, preemption is now a politicized, debased word. It is part of the anti-Bush lexicon and has lost any real meaning for the foreseeable future of its usage. The same may be true of "multilateralism" and "unilateralism."