and its not even a panda ! <| sep |> The 1998 war in Iraq . For the young and ignorant , here ' s the speech he used to pitch it Earlier today , I ordered America ' s armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq . They are joined by British forces . Their mission is to attack Iraq ' s nuclear , chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors . Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States , and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world . Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms , poison gas or biological weapons . I want to explain why I have decided , with the unanimous recommendation of my national security team , to use force in Iraq why we have acted now and what we aim to accomplish . But when the Democrats do it , it ' s fine , right ?