"And gbaike's argument doesn't hold water either because there's quite a difference between firing off a few missiles and launching a full scale invasion. "
Obviously there is a difference.
Btw there is also a difference btween "firing off a few missiles" and "The official aim of the cruise missile and bombing attacks on some 100 targets across Iraq was to “degrade” Saddam Hussein’s ability to produce weapons of mass destruction." And "Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz said 62 military personnel had been killed and 180 injured."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/02/iraq_events/html/desert_fox.stm

No doubt it's a pin prick- no doubt that a more massive attack could have been launched- there could been a 1000 targets and steps to aviod Iraqi deaths could been not an important consideration.
But there no doubt that it's war and that is what I said.