Would another president have done differently?
Before laying all the blame at Mr. Bush's door, consider this little slice of history.
In 1998, after years of evasion and deception, Mr. Hussein had stopped co-operating with United Nations weapons inspectors. The U.S. president at the time called Iraq an "outlaw nation," and urged the international community to take strong action.
If "we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route which gives him yet more opportunities to develop his weapons of mass destruction ... he will conclude that the international community has lost its will." The result, he said, would be disastrous. "Some day, some way, I guarantee you, he'll use the arsenal."
The name of the president? Bill Clinton.
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