A relentless air campaign had a good chance of doing that. Liberal Richard Cohen was not to be outdone in the blood- thirst department. Something is out of balance here. The Clinton administration waited too long to act. It needed to punch out Iraq's lights, and it did not do so.
Hypocrisy abounds, but never mind that.
With U.S. support, Israel has violated numerous U.N. resolutions while maintaining its occupations of the West Bank and Gaza as well as Southern Lebanon. Running weapons facilities that have produced about 200 nuclear warheads, Israel still refuses to allow any international inspection. Often, the paramount U.S. media concerns have been framed in macho terms. Many American journalists lamented that Clinton did not entirely stare down Saddam Hussein. Frustrated as they were by the lack of military consummation, cable TV networks and other media outlets were soon able to replace the faded specter of a bloody high-tech assault with audio recordings of Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky.