Good point. Perhaps the best thing that could have been done is to simply follow MacArthur's old saying: "Never get involved in a land war in Asia."
Now here's where I might get into trouble. It could be that Slow Joe Biden was right after all! His response to the 9/11 attacks was this. Bomb them relentlessly from offshore.
Well, if a guy is invading other nations and voicing support for terrorist action against the U. S., and an attack takes place, I think MacArtrhur might revise his opinion.
As for bombing from distance, I’m not sure why we would attack citizens that were being abused by Hussein.
This was going to be a boots on the ground operation, if it was to be an operation at all.