I assume you meant 1998.

Clinton went on to say that the key was inspections by UNSCOM weapons inspectors, which Saddam was resisting at that time. In 2003 (five years later), the inspectors had pretty much unfettered access and were finding no WMD. BushCo made up the 2003 WMD threat. Don't you remember?

You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller