Let's say the passengers overpowered them...or they got arrested in a Florida stripclub...or whatever...
Chronologically:
-Giuliani would still have a ****ty reputation like he did right before 9/11
-there would be no 'war presidency' farce, and Katrina would still have happened. Plus, all the focus would be on Bush's domestic policies like NCLB.
-That being the case, would Bush have won the election?
-On the other hand, without Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, Iraq, etc etc people would have less of an opportunity to see how unrelatingly evil Bush and neocons (ie. the kristol kagan krauthammer etc group) therefore not mobilizing popular opinion against the Bu****es.
-We'd still have the Taliban in Afghanistan, blowing up statues and killing women
-Saddam Hussein: Tough call. In my opinion, the Bu****es would simply have found another excuse to invade, like Saddams monkeying around with inspectors and oil for food, etc. However, they might have done an 'in and out' invasion, just going in, putting in a more acceptable CIA backed strongman on a shorter leash with some kind of BS elections for 'legitimacy' and then pulled back to Kuwait and waited on events...
Chronologically:
-Giuliani would still have a ****ty reputation like he did right before 9/11
-there would be no 'war presidency' farce, and Katrina would still have happened. Plus, all the focus would be on Bush's domestic policies like NCLB.
-That being the case, would Bush have won the election?
-On the other hand, without Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, Iraq, etc etc people would have less of an opportunity to see how unrelatingly evil Bush and neocons (ie. the kristol kagan krauthammer etc group) therefore not mobilizing popular opinion against the Bu****es.
-We'd still have the Taliban in Afghanistan, blowing up statues and killing women
-Saddam Hussein: Tough call. In my opinion, the Bu****es would simply have found another excuse to invade, like Saddams monkeying around with inspectors and oil for food, etc. However, they might have done an 'in and out' invasion, just going in, putting in a more acceptable CIA backed strongman on a shorter leash with some kind of BS elections for 'legitimacy' and then pulled back to Kuwait and waited on events...
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