discover against george bush. colin powell was the joint chief of staffs at the time. >> should mr. hussein dream of retaliate, we have enough force to deal with it. >> reporter: punitive attacks have been used in retaliation for murders of americans. in 1986, libyan strongman moammar ghadafi was said to be behind a bombing of a disco. two servicemen were killed. 60 rounds of munition rained down on ghadafi's compound in tripoli. >> at 7:00 eastern time, air and naval forces of the united states, launched a series of strikes against the headquarters, terrorist facilities and military assets that support moammar ghadafi's military facilities. >> the smallest child, an