Actually Geoff...
Bill Clinton exercised such risk, faith and leadership in the Balkans during his term of office. The difference is that not a single American soldier was killed, it cost us a lot less, and there was a true international coalition involved.
As for John Kerry's measure of leadership, he served and risked his life in VIetnam, while George Bush spent his time in the reserves stateside on AWOL.
George Bush's decision to go to war against Iraq on the basis of false intelligence wasn't "bold," it was stupid.