Much as I hate to admit it, you're right.
When Clinton launched Operation Desert Fox in 1998, a number of us complained about the suspect timing. (It was the day before the impeachment vote.)
I'm sure that the timing was an effort to delay impeachment. Nevertheless, Clinton was right to bomb Iraq.
That being said, I'm curious to know how far into 2001 was the Bush Administration able to finally have its own people in place to implement their own policies.
Maybe part of the problem was that due to Algore's bitterness the Bush Administration tried to heal the wounds and work that non-partisan stuff that obviously didn't hold anyway. Clarke, Tenet and others were holdovers from Bubba. Big mistake from my armchair here in hindsight-land.
I would put money on the fact they are still fighting it.