The CIA's agent network in Iraq is rolled up. Many Kurds back Saddam, turn on pro-U.S. Kurds. CIA agents in Kurdistan run for their lives, abandoning allies and tons of documents. Saddam is strengthened. The CIA's inept director, John Deutsch, is fired for this Mother of All Fiascos.
Republicans now urge more of the above to keep the Mideast calm.
You certainly can't argue with success. First, Iraq poses no threat to the U.S. Second, dozens of other countries already have the weapons that Iraq seeks to develop. Third, the bombing will do nothing to reform the Iraqi government or alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people. In fact, the overkill of the 1991 war destroyed the capabilities of the people have fresh water, utilities, etc. We have been treated to a massive, privately sponsored propaganda campaign demonizing Iraq along with Sadam Hussein.