Memories: Clinton in 1998

Clinton: Iraq has abused its last chance

"Saddam (Hussein) must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons," Clinton said.

Sounds familiar, eh? In a moment of rare consistency, I protested those airstrikes, which took place in the middle of Clinton's impeachment proceedings. Clinton recently said invading Iraq - obviously a dramatically more difficult undertaking than airstrikes - was "a big mistake."

WaPo has a good rundown of the latest increasingly divisive back-and-forth over Iraq. Here's my favorite, though:

Asked during an appearance in South Korea who was right — Cheney for calling the war criticism reprehensible or Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) for saying that questioning one's government is patriotic — Bush appeared perturbed and fired back: "The vice president."