Good points Huck. In fact, we had a continious intervention in Iraq beginning in August of 1990 with Desert Shield, followed by Desert Storm, then ground troops and air support in Northern Iraq to save the Kurds in the winter of 91-92, and 10 years of enforcing the Northern and Southern no-fly zones.
In Matthews universe, I guess all of that is somehow not intervention. The guy is just not too bright once his mouth gets rolling.