<p>When President Clinton used the military in Kosovo, his primary justification added up to one thing — humanitarian reasons. His supporters cheered him on, despite this illegitimate, though humane, use of our military.</p>
<p>The case against Iraq, however, turns on the Iraqi dictator's possession of and willingness to use biological, chemical and possibly nuclear weapons against U.S. allies, U.S. interests and the United States itself. President Bush does, indeed, underscore the horror inflicted upon the Iraqi people by Saddam Hussein. But those who applauded Mr. Clinton's Kosovo mission seem, in the case of Iraq, indifferent as to the "humanitarian angle."</p>