Thinly Veiled

Uh, so I was browsing through the launch titles for the Nintendo Wii (for work! for work!) and found this synopsis for "Battallion Wars 2":

Tricked into believing that the Solar Empire is developing a devastating super-weapon, Commander Pierce and Colonel Windsor of the Anglo Isles launch a pre-emptive strike on the Coral Atolls. The world is once again at war. New naval units, new vehicles and loads of missions makes this an explosive Wii debut.

Tricked? Super-weapon? Anglo Isles? Pre-emptive strike? Doesn't this sound like it's a super-cute version of the Iraq war?