When Bill Clinton took over from GW Bush, he just kept kicking the can down the road, half hardheadedly bombing within the "No Fly Zone", but bombing Iraq none the less. But apparently an intern perched on his desk hit the space bar and his screen changed to the Balkans. Bill started bombing there instead of taking care of business in Iraq. Where is the outrage? After all, Bill Clinton and Bush W, all defended their reasons for hostilities against Iraq on their suspected possession of WMD's.
Sec of State Albright upbraided some anti war protesters with this exchange:
Where is the outrage against Bill Clinton? The planning for the 911 attack took place while he was president.
The table was set for invasion when Bush W. took office. His rationale was the intelligence agencies purported links terrorist organizations like Al Quaeda, and Saddam's financial and material support of terrorism, and 911 was just the beginning of something more terrible.
Along with Iraq's alleged development of WMDs, another justification for invasion was the purported link between Saddam Hussein's government and terrorist organizations, in particular Al-Qaeda. In that sense, the Bush Administration cast the Iraq war as part of the broader War on Terrorism.
To be honest, Iraq was handed down from Bush HW (Gulf War), to Clinton (No Fly Zone), to Bush W (Invade Baghdad), to Obama (collapse).
And here we are. Muslims killing Americans at home.
