the real difference was:
One tried.
The other did diddly*.
Which would you rather have?
Wasn't that the main criticism of Clinton/Iraq?
"He didn't do anything in face of a threat. Bush did"
"No matter how much Iraq is screwed now, we tried"
please try to keep stories straight.
Bush seems to have only 2 types of foreign policy - invade or ignore.
No middle ground - an looks like you dont think there is any middle ground either.....
*well, he did call Kim Il Sung a pygmy, does that count?