I seem to recall Bill Clinton whipping Saddam every time he needed a distraction from a scandal or something, so I don't think war was avoidable. Gore would have gone to war with Saddam, too.
While I'm sad we lost soldiers, that is the job they signed up for.
One little caveat you failed to mention....not a single American soldier died in combat during Clinton's two terms. He lied about his cigar but nobody died.
As far as "signing up for combat"
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That's not true, either. Four American servicemen died on the USS Enterprise during Operation Desert Fox. 12 service members died during the occupation of Kosovo. 18 soldiers were killed in Somalia during the "Blackhawk Down" raid. So no, lots of soldiers died on Clinton's watch.
In the old days everybody went and fought the wars which old, rich, white men started. Now it's only the kids of what used to be the middle class......exactly what the rich right has wanted from the start. They worry about which ivy league school theirs will attend. Think for a minute....Richard Nixon did away with the draft...'course he was a slovenly, self serving, piece of schit president. I should know....I was a Republican for thirty years and voted for his ass three times. That was the beginning of the end for me and after I saw Reagan borrowing trillions from foreign banks to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans that did it
I'm not sure what "old days" you are talking about. Before Nixon ended the draft (something liberals and Democrats had called for before he even got there), it was common place for rich people and even middle class people to get out of the draft.
Incidently, if Reagan borrowing a mere 2 Trillion set you off against the Republican party, then why are you not upset that Barack Obama has borrowed SIX trillion so far to fund his spending orgy and yes, tax cuts for rich folks.