| Sumario: | The absolute view that President Clinton was a poor steward of the U.S. armed forces is categorically incorrect. Clinton presided over a judicious and low-cost, but effective, program of modernization in the armed forces. In addition, in spite of some fraying around the edges, he kept up high standards in military personnel and readiness, as proved on the battlefields of Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Drawing the right conclusion about the armed forces under Clinton is not only about correcting a popularly held misjudgment, unfair as this lasting slight on Clinton's presidency is; instead, it is vital that the American public be correctly informed about the sources of military success, because the military's performance forms a crucial part of the assessment of an administration's foreign policy.
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