[hflynn]

In my opinion, it was to establish the precedent, later to be employed in the Middle East, that the U.S. government could demonize a head of state geographically distant from any legitimate "sphere of influence" and use military force to remove him. This is precisely the fate of Saddam Hussein, and the Bush regime still hopes to repeat the strategy in Iran and Syria.

These 2 sentences seem to infer Bush established the precedent when in fact it was Bill Clinton.

It also seems to infer that Clinton was thinking out of the box when we all know Clinton was only capable of thinking in the box.

[AmishDude]

It also seems to infer that Clinton was thinking out of the box when we all know Clinton was only capable of thinking in the box.

That's a 10 on the Mark Steyn scale. (Steyn himself often hits 11, per the Spinal Tap scale.)