Amazing how the arguments over that Gulf war are the same arguments used today by the 'lets talk with Saddam' crowd:
Failure to stand up to Saddam over the last decade brought us to the crisis we face today. But that is no reason to overreact to a situation that has been ignored for years. Our past misjudgments concerning Iraq have led us to the brink of war. But to prosecute such a war, at this time, would be our greatest miscalculation. We can be patient, and wait for Iraq to finally accede to United Nations demands without a shot being fired. We urge the Senate to reject the Orwellian argument that the only real hope for peace is for the United States to threaten war, and vote against this resolution.