Was Iraq inevitable, regardless of whether it was a D or R in the White House? Or, would he have resisted and doubled down in Afghanistan?
Was Iraq inevitable, regardless of whether it was a D or R in the White House? Or, would he have resisted and doubled down in Afghanistan?
I think Afghanistan would have happened but not Iraq. GWB had a specifically apocalyptic good v. Evil mindset, in addition with all the “avenge my father” psychodrama that made him the perfect vessel for neocon villainy.
Gore might have increased troop levels in the Persian gulf and probably opened the “war on terror” on multiple fronts without the singular focus on Nation building in Iraq.
This. 9/11 allowed for unilateral political action in a way that was unprecedented since like.... honestly I can't recall. It allowed for the weird specifics of the spersonalities of the US leadership to come through in the moment.