[Cacophonous]

Yeah, I was talking about the war in Iraq, not Iran or Cuba, which is what antiguv was talking about. We aren't at war in Iran or Cuba (which was his point, by the way). So my question to you remains.

[new cruelty]

Not that it really matters, or can be hailed as policy, but:

"If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow." The stakes, he says, could not be higher. "Some day, some way, I guarantee you, he'll use the arsenal."

- bill clinton
February 18, 1998
Speaking at the Pentagon, after the Joint Chiefs and other top national security advisers had briefed him on U.S. military readiness.