• jacksilver@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Is the assumption we would have still ended up in Afghanistan? With Gore as president im not sure that would be a guarantee.

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      5 months ago

      Afghanistan was protecting bin Ladn. I think any President would have taken action.

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        5 months ago

        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.

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          5 months ago

          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.

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            5 months ago

            I thought this whole thought exercise was based on the assumption that Gore became president in 2000 instead of Bush?