If Al Gore were president, would we be in Iraq? I can't say for sure, I think we might. But I do know one thing. We would be somewhere. Maybe invoved in some genocide in africa or stuck fighting warlords in some other hellhole, but we'd be in a war. The Al and Bill show took US troops all over the world and brought american technology to some mighty remote uncivilized corners of the world, and used that technology to position explosives very carefully on targets selected from orbit. I don't have any reason to think that after 911 he wouldn't have invaded afghanistan, with similar results. I don't think he would have done any better at discouraging the lust for vengance and action we as a nation were experiencing at that time. He might have been better at getting bi-partisan support for it though. It's easier to sell republicans on democrat military action than vice versa.
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Date: 2004-10-20 09:01 pm (UTC)