I see. I don't buy that premise, but I do agree that we have sometimes acted that way. (i:e cruise missles at camels) I think our actions to date are totally justified. There are some who worry about mission creep. There is yet no evidence of that. If we were to attack Iraq tommorro I might agree with you but so far it's all been bluster.
Don't forget that in Iraq and North Korea we're still technically at war.
Unfortuantely Clinton's idiotic military endeavors seemed designed to make us look bad, weaken our military and kill our resolve. Kosovo was like Columbine, where civilians died needlessly because it appeared the guys in uniform were afraid of getting hurt.