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I doubt it - but we still definitely would have invaded Afghanistan. nt el_bryanto Mar 2013 #1
Why? The 9/11 attacks might well have been prevented (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #3
Fair point - if they were prevented, we wouldn't have. nt el_bryanto Mar 2013 #4
Richard Clark had an action plan ready that was ignored by the bushies Gothmog Mar 2013 #71
Why? WE WEREN'T ATTACKED BY A NATION STATE. aquart Mar 2013 #27
The difference is that it would have ended with an arrest nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #30
I think it would have been handled like annabanana Mar 2013 #31
And when Afghanistan refused us entry into their nation? What would we have done? nt el_bryanto Mar 2013 #35
I'm not sure how they could have stopped us. . n/t annabanana Mar 2013 #38
They did have a military - not much of one - but they had one. nt el_bryanto Mar 2013 #39
9/11 may not have happened Blue4Texas Mar 2013 #104
I doubt it. The smart people knew that invading a country to root out terrorists is Cleita Mar 2013 #116
Assuming Gore didn't prevent 9/11 he would have had to. nt el_bryanto Mar 2013 #118
No he wouldn't. Cleita Mar 2013 #119
Again - assuming that Gore didn't prevent 9/11 el_bryanto Mar 2013 #120
He probably would have sent special forces to get bin Laden, not invade a whole Cleita Mar 2013 #121
Information that came out after has pretty much shown that 9/11 could have been bluestate10 Mar 2013 #131
Not if 9/11 had been prevented because Gore paid attention to intelligence and took action. nt bluestate10 Mar 2013 #130
Well, I sure know we wouldn't be sitting here worrying about SS and Medicare? ananda Mar 2013 #2
...because Al Gore would have been the perfect liberal of everyone's dreams? brooklynite Mar 2013 #24
he had a lockbox. nt grasswire Mar 2013 #78
Because he invented the internet. TommyCelt Mar 2013 #83
Because he reinvented government Blue4Texas Mar 2013 #105
Remember Bill Clinton left a surplus and Al Gore had said in his campaign Cleita Mar 2013 #117
In that alternate course of events, a Republican might be president now. subterranean Mar 2013 #41
That was not the question treestar Mar 2013 #65
Yup I do madokie Mar 2013 #5
Can you expand on this? Melon_Lord Mar 2013 #63
You know like being a soldier in a war madokie Mar 2013 #113
In what world do you think many or most... Melon_Lord Mar 2013 #125
I doubt it very much. I also doubt that 9/11 would have happened. Gore would sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #6
I agree he would have paid more attention, hughee99 Mar 2013 #16
For one, I believe President Gore would've paid more attention to airline security. Uncle Joe Mar 2013 #66
He sure wouldn't have ignored "hair on fire" officials the way annabanana Mar 2013 #33
Makes me wonder if 911 would've even been a threat. vankuria Mar 2013 #48
I do... KansDem Mar 2013 #7
Gore couldn't even run a decent campaign, what makes you think Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #8
So ending the Iraq war is expanding it? JoePhilly Mar 2013 #11
Bush set the timetable for Iraq ending. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #14
Actually ... JoePhilly Mar 2013 #18
Was bush bombing more or less countries the Obama is? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #44
You seem very confused. JoePhilly Mar 2013 #79
I love the way the war mongers move the goal post as to "boots on the ground" Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #91
Any killing is war? Then we have 100,000 wars per year in the US. Not only that stevenleser Mar 2013 #93
100,000 killing sanctioned by the state? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #94
Now you are moving the goalposts. Using your own logic from above. nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #98
How? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #127
That person has a meme and no facts will divert them from it. nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #52
No kidding ... and ... JoePhilly Mar 2013 #81
Theme song time. Uncle Joe Mar 2013 #85
Bwhahahahahaha!!! Awesome JoePhilly Mar 2013 #88
*SPEW!!!!!!!!!!* Skraxx Mar 2013 #114
President Obama could have changed that time line. So President Obama ended the Iraq war. bluestate10 Mar 2013 #132
What makes you think people who voted for nader who have voted for gore? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #134
Oh, good grief. aquart Mar 2013 #37
I prefer not killing people who pose no real threat to us. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #43
I guess in your world. Bush ran a better campaign hfojvt Mar 2013 #45
There you go with all that logic and stuff. Uncle Joe Mar 2013 #69
He won didn't he? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #73
Bush didn't win, he stole with the aid of the corporate media and Supreme Court. Uncle Joe Mar 2013 #75
Also, pretending that Bush "won" riqster Mar 2013 #100
He got by hfojvt Mar 2013 #101
I am not "blaming the victim". Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #106
A better campaign Blue4Texas Mar 2013 #107
No. In the posters world, Nader is not at fault. Saint Ralph. nt bluestate10 Mar 2013 #133
results mongering. unblock Mar 2013 #58
If he didn't suck so bad at his campaign none of that would have mattered. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #74
you act as if the playing field was level. unblock Mar 2013 #76
OMG Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #90
oh, ok, i stand corrected. the media was completely fair. unblock Mar 2013 #95
When has the media ever been fair? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #97
i think you have to go back a long, long time to find media as biased as it was in 2000. unblock Mar 2013 #99
just look at what happened after the Debate, the polls right after showed Gore with a Clear Win JI7 Mar 2013 #108
exactly. the media spin on gore walking over near shrub and shurb jumped was also ridiculous! unblock Mar 2013 #112
Gore was the prime political leader for opening the Internet to the people. Truth be known that Uncle Joe Mar 2013 #141
I believe the invasion would have taken place anyway. Whisp Mar 2013 #9
Gore would have continued the Clinton policy of sanctions/containment Yavin4 Mar 2013 #10
I don't think Gore would have invaded Iraq RZM Mar 2013 #12
Yes, in my opinion we would have invaded Iraq Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #13
We were surely in confrontation with Bin Laden, I'm not sure about Iraq HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #15
That is all possible. n/t Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #21
A U.S. led coalition invaded Iraq in '91, the CIA attempted to organize a coup in '96... Make7 Mar 2013 #22
Yes there was confrontation around protecting the Kurds and supporting that shield HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #32
Well, trying to oust Saddam is a little bit more than just enforcing no-fly zones. Make7 Mar 2013 #46
Agree n2doc Mar 2013 #17
Good point. treestar Mar 2013 #68
Bush made economic mistakes after the Dot.com crash that extended the economic bluestate10 Mar 2013 #136
As Boener would say... fadedrose Mar 2013 #19
Gore would not have pushed Richard Clarke and his team into the lower teirs JoePhilly Mar 2013 #20
Also, Gore would not have packed his administration with PNAC members. subterranean Mar 2013 #23
Agree. JoePhilly Mar 2013 #25
9-11 never would have happened. So,had Ralph not thrown the election of 2000, NO IRAQ graham4anything Mar 2013 #26
Still singing the same song and dance, I see TfG Mar 2013 #87
He's right. Truth is truth. nt bluestate10 Mar 2013 #137
This message was self-deleted by its author TfG Mar 2013 #138
Nader being in the election may have affected the outcome, but TfG Mar 2013 #139
Gore's greatest problem would have been his Vice President. gordianot Mar 2013 #28
What possible reason would Gore have had edhopper Mar 2013 #29
Our world would have been sweet. Baitball Blogger Mar 2013 #34
I don't think so, but I don't really know. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #36
I believe that would have made Lieberman Vice President thelordofhell Mar 2013 #40
i think President Gore would have stopped the 911 tragedy samsingh Mar 2013 #42
Didnt notice that you had beaten me to it! stevenleser Mar 2013 #51
Nope. Jamastiene Mar 2013 #47
Anyone who believes Gore would not have invaded Iraq should listen to ....Gore. former9thward Mar 2013 #49
A position they didn't act on for 8 years. Its obvious Saddam was a monster, are Reagan sold him the Erose999 Mar 2013 #56
False, they did act on it. former9thward Mar 2013 #60
If I remember correctly, at that time Iraq was violating the no-fly-zones. And a bombing campaign Erose999 Mar 2013 #142
Not only that, I think Gore's National Security Team would have stopped the 9/11 attacks stevenleser Mar 2013 #50
52 warnings. No, I doubt he would have blown off those warnings. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #55
Because after the country is attacked, the right thing to do is rally around the government and stevenleser Mar 2013 #59
Excuse me but the emphasis was never on those who committed that crime. The sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #61
That is a matter of debate. Al Qaeda camps and areas of operation were in Afghanistan. stevenleser Mar 2013 #70
What Al Queda camps were in Iraq? And most Afghanis had no idea what 9/11 sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #126
I agree with you 100% on Iraq. I disagree about Afghanistan. I would have gone into Afghanistan if I stevenleser Mar 2013 #128
There were plenty of protests against that invasion and plenty of good reporting sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #140
None of us really know bigwillq Mar 2013 #53
Gore probably would have been a "caretaker" president and not made any waves. Erose999 Mar 2013 #54
No, because 9/11 would not have happened. MindPilot Mar 2013 #57
This n/t whatchamacallit Mar 2013 #62
And what are you basing this on? RZM Mar 2013 #111
No. treestar Mar 2013 #64
And even if they weren't, we accomplished all the objectives in Afghanistan in the first 90 days Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #67
I don't either, raccoon. Octafish Mar 2013 #72
Of course we wouldn't have invaded them nor would there have been 9/11/01 either! emsimon33 Mar 2013 #77
Gore would have been inagurated as POTUS if 6 percent of Dems in NH hadn't voted Bush Fumesucker Mar 2013 #80
Interesting, but... TommyCelt Mar 2013 #82
just to pick a nit, gore's inauguration would have been in 2001. unblock Mar 2013 #84
What if Lieberman had been inaugurated as POTUS in 2001? sofa king Mar 2013 #86
That would be the problem Blue4Texas Mar 2013 #109
I don't. He would have prevented 911 mzmolly Mar 2013 #89
911 more than likely would have happened 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #92
Gore wasn't a senior officer with Halliburton like asshole Cheney. lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #96
No, and 911 would still be only primarily known as an emergency phone call number. nt Zorra Mar 2013 #102
As long as we're playing "what if" games, if Gore was inaugurated in 2001 and died in 2002 tularetom Mar 2013 #103
I doubt it quinnox Mar 2013 #110
Of course not. Invading Iraq was a wet dream of the PNACers. Cleita Mar 2013 #115
Agree, Gore wouldn't have handed the ME to Rumsfeld bigbrother05 Mar 2013 #122
My bets are as follows... Swede Atlanta Mar 2013 #123
bush's war of aggression against iraq arely staircase Mar 2013 #124
I don't believe for a minute. ElboRuum Mar 2013 #129
No way. Afghanistan, yes. Iraq? No way. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #135
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