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What if Bush claimed Osama bin laden was being hidden in Iraq with Saddam's help and invaded there immediately after 9/11. Afghanistan is not even part of the equation in this time line. Bush uses the attacks as an excuse to go after Saddam while leaving the Taliban in control.
What happens now? Osama is left scratching his head going WTF while the world now supports the overthrow of Saddam.
I remember reading that Rumsfeld actually proposed this because Iraq would be easier to attack. Don't know if it was true.