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Impossible to imagine the roles reversed. Clinton even tried to protect the US from the fallout of dynasty politics before it happened (Houston Chronicle):

Saddam's capture was the latest salvo fired between the toppled Iraqi dictator and the Bush family. As president, the elder Bush helped gather a coalition of countries for the 1991 Persian Gulf War to oust Saddam's troops from Kuwait, which the Iraqi leader invaded in August 1990. U.S.-led coalition forces drove the Iraqis from the oil-rich emirate, but Saddam remained in power in Iraq.

In June 1993, the United States launched a missile attack against a government intelligence center in Baghdad as retaliation for what President Clinton said was "compelling evidence" of an Iraqi plot to assassinate the elder Bush in retaliation for the Gulf War.

Clinton said a car-bomb plot against Bush had been uncovered during Bush's April 1993 visit to Kuwait. The plan, devised by the Iraqi government, was foiled by Kuwaiti security personnel. Clinton said the plot amounted to an attack on the United States.

Clinton's behavior has nothing whatever to do with how Democrats are now routinely characterized by right-wing supporters of the current administration.

Clinton's actions were based on an adult, nonpartisan assessment of national security, not because Hussein "tried to kill my dad."

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