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?
The invasion of Iraq was largely masterminded by Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the capital interests of defense and engineering contractors behind the Bush administration. Then there's the kicker of "he tried to kill my dad".
Saddam was a thorn in the side of the US, but beyond just oil, the geopolitical relevance of Iraq would be limited. I don't think a Gore administration would have invaded Iraq, but it definitely would have gone for the flex in Afghanistan of controlling central Asia, and possibly goinng further in that objective. Yemen and Somalia would probably have been treated similar to how we've seen.