> The mirage of the clean, surgical war was created by the Clinton administration for the first war in Iraq. Come on, now. The mirage of a clean and easy war i

> The mirage of the clean, surgical war was created by the Clinton administration for the first war in Iraq. Come on, now. The mirage of a clean and easy war is probably as old as war itself. Hell, just look at the media just when WWI was getting started. I can criticise American imperialism as well as anyone but this is ridiculous. Besides the fact that the first Gulf war was under Bush.