someguy3@lemmy.world to General Discussion@lemmy.world · 14 days agoHow do you think Gore would have dealt with Afghanistan?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down110
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minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·14 days agoAfghanistan was protecting bin Ladn. I think any President would have taken action.
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·14 days agoThere’s a good chance that the 2003 Iraq war wouldn’t have happened, though. That was very much a Neo-Con project of the Bush administration.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·14 days agoThat’s a whole other issue. in my opinion, Bush Jr. was going to invade Iraq no matter what. 9/11 was just the excuse.
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·14 days agoI thought this whole thought exercise was based on the assumption that Gore became president in 2000 instead of Bush?
Afghanistan was protecting bin Ladn. I think any President would have taken action.
There’s a good chance that the 2003 Iraq war wouldn’t have happened, though. That was very much a Neo-Con project of the Bush administration.
That’s a whole other issue.
in my opinion, Bush Jr. was going to invade Iraq no matter what. 9/11 was just the excuse.
I thought this whole thought exercise was based on the assumption that Gore became president in 2000 instead of Bush?