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In October 1998, Bill Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act, which made regime change in Iraq the national policy of the United States. He gave the above speech in December 1998. As was typical for Clinton, he failed to carry through on this very tough speech. His military action was half-hearted, short-lived, and seemingly undertaken as a means to distract from the impeachment process then underway.

This reminds me of a dark time for some on the right when they questioned and critiqued our nation's armed forces while they were engaged in the Kosovo campaign in the balkans. For some on the right politics becomes such an obsessive issue that they cannot set aside politics even to support the military. This makes them almost as bad as the left wing who inherently have no love for country and only are loyal to a left win agenda.