What Clinton did in December 1998, presumably on advice, as opposed to a whim, was attack a sovereign state without recourse to either the United Nations, or more importantly from a US perspective, without recourse to Congress.

What George W Bush did in 2002 was take onboard what his security advisors had told him was "The greatest threat facing the United States of America" and he went to both the United Nations AND to Congress. Both houses backed him and the approach proposed by those advising him. The representatives of the United States of America made it perfectly plain to both the UN Security Council and to Iraq, that if they did not act America would resolve the issue.

But one thing is for certain Artbrooks what happened had absolutely nothing to do with Bush Sr. being dissed by Saddam. That is utter crap and well you know it.