Though he picked an choice; he seems to have forgotten that was Clintons argument for firing cruise missiles at Iraqi SAM batteries, and that Republicans condemned at the time because:

1) Saddam was not threat to the US,
2) The missiles cost ~$1 million apiece, so firing them needlessly increased our debt and
3) The missiles were also finite, so firing them needlessly lowered our readiness.

It is quite a bizarre argument given those same people five years later insisted Saddam was threat to the US so dire it justified trillions of dollars in new debt (i.e. enough to buy MILLIONS of cruise missiles) and US combat troops sent on half a dozen straight combat tours, until some of them started facing court martials to avoid returning. Other than the White House letterhead, I have never understood what changed. I am glad Republicans finally recognized Clintons authority as Commander-in-Chief; I just wish they had bothered to do so while he still had it: Then he would have had the latitude to kill bin Laden when he had the chance and the Twin Towers would still be standing.