Would Gore have invaded Iraq?

[Zylka]

Simple question. Please lend some American thought to the rest of the world on the subject!

[Frank Johnson]

Countries get pissed off when they are attacked.

Gore would have had to do something.

Foreigners are always looking for a reason to hate us. If we did anything, it'd be the same situation we have now.

But if we're gonna fight, might as well have a good 'ole boy doing it instead of some pansy tree hugger.

And just imagine the political fodder the Arabs would have if we have a Jewish VP.....

[debeest]

Gore would have felt the political need to do something, even knowing full well that it would be ineffective and self-destructive to do so. He might have attacked Afghanistan. But why would he have attacked Iraq? They had nothing to do with 9/11, nothing to do with Al-Qaeda, nothing to do with any current terrorism, no longer had any weapons of mass destruction, and posed no threat to American interests. George Shrub knew all of this. He simply took the opportunity presented by 9/11 (and his abysmal failure against Osama bin Laden) to do what he had already planned to do on behalf of the corporate interests to which he is beholden.

[Brundlefly]

Simple answer. No. Can I hitch a ride with you to the OT Forum?

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by Frank Johnson
Countries get pissed off when they are attacked.
Gore would have had to do something.
Foreigners are always looking for a reason to hate us. If we did anything, it'd be the same situation we have now.
But if we're gonna fight, might as well have a good 'ole boy doing it instead of some pansy tree hugger.
And just imagine the political fodder the Arabs would have if we have a Jewish VP.....

The sad thing is that these people are more than want to believe.

[chequita guevara]

We have no way of knowing anything. It is possible that under a Gore administration, already well-versed in dealing with al-Qaeada, they would have taken reports that AQ was planning on hijacking American airliners more seriously, wouldn't have have quashed the FBI's investigation into the Saudi sources of AQ funding, would have paid more attention to anti-terrorism in general. It is possible that Gore's Administration might have prevented 9/11 altogether. Probably not, but maybe possibly.

There are too many variables to say what would have happened.

[Whoha]

Like they took 8 years of Al Qaeadas attacks more seriously? give me a break.

[chequita guevara]

Yes, they did. They told Bush that his number one problem in his Administration was going to be AQ. Did the Clinton Administration take it as seriously as they should have? No. Did they take it more seriously than Bush pre-9/11, absolutely. Why do you think Bush is doing everything he can to block the 9/11 commission?

And AQ hadn't been attacking us for 8 years at that point. IIRC, the first time they popped up on our radar was '95-'96. The '93 attack on the WTC was carried out by members of an Egyptian terrorist group that was not yet linked to AQ (as AQ didn't exist yet).

[Imran Siddiqui]

Gore would definetly have invaded Afghanistan. Undoubtably he would have felt pressure to do more. Would he have invaded Iraq? Quite possibly he would. Or he may have done other things to Arab countries, stopping just short of invasion.

[Sava]

Probably... but not as early as Bush as Gore would have actually exhausted all diplomatic options instead of pretending to.

But I think that's irrelevant because I don't believe 9-11 would have happened if Gore were president, just because he would have made Clinton's anti-terror policy suggestions into reality instead of instituting Operation Ignore.

[Boris Godunov]

I think he would have invaded Afghanistan, but I highly doubt he would have invaded Iraq. He would have no need to avenge Daddy's failure there, nor would he have Wolfowitz doctrine to worry about.

[Whoha]

Bull ****, If he felt that way he would have taken the silver platter with Osama's Head on it when it was offered to him, instead of refusing it multiple times.
He would have responded to WTC bombing 1, Khobar Towers,The African Embassy bombings, the Cole, instead the Clinton administration was focused on domestic terrorists like the Branch Dividians, and a mother and her child at ruby ridge.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28400

I very much doubt that Clinton said a damned thing about Osama Bin Laden before september 11th.


Why is Bush blocking the 9-11 report? Because hes got the kid gloves on with the Saudis and doesn't want to hurt their feelings. I think we all know what is in the report.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Whoha
Bull ****, If he felt that way he would have taken the silver platter with Osama's Head on it when it was offered to him, instead of refusing it multiple times.
He would have responded to WTC bombing 1, Khobar Towers,The African Embassy bombings, the Cole, instead the Clinton administration was focused on domestic terrorists like the Branch Dividians, and a mother and her child at ruby ridge.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28400

I very much doubt that Clinton said a damned thing about Osama Bin Laden before september 11th.


Why is Bush blocking the 9-11 report? Because hes got the kid gloves on with the Saudis and doesn't want to hurt their feelings. I think we all know what is in the report.

Educate yourself...

Clinton proposed massive improvements to fight a "War on Terror" in 1999. He gained lots of Republican support. It's funny how ignorant revisionists like to bash Clinton and even blame him for 9-11.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/jan1999/terr-j26.shtml

BTW, the above link is from a left-wing site ATTACKING Clinton for such a proposal.

Here is a CNN story about the same proposals.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/01/22/clinton.terrorism/

Do internet searches on "Richard Clarke terrorism report"

Bush liked certain Clinton people so much, he kept them on after he took power.

And the so-called "refusal" to accept OBL is complete bull****. I wish people would stop watching Fox news.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Sava
I wish people would stop watching Fox news.

Worse, he relies on Worldnet News Daily. Might as well get your information from Newsmax conspiracy threads.

[Whoha]

Yes, and someone "proposed" an attack on Bin Laden after the cole.

Actions and words are different. Clinton said he was ready to have an elite ninja team run in and scare Bin Laden, never quite happened though. The response to the cole was likewise shot down.

Now question for you: Did the Sudanese government offer Bin Laden to US or not?