Bush 43 is remembered first and foremost for his foreign legacy. If you butterfly 9/11 and thus all the use of political capital that resulted from that you have a more domestically focused administration.9/11 doesn't happen or is stopped. Without that excuse/trauma (depending on your side of the aisle), a lot of the excesses of the Bush years probably wouldn't happen.
Bush 43 is remembered first and foremost for his foreign legacy. If you butterfly 9/11 and thus all the use of political capital that resulted from that you have a more domestically focused administration.
Maybe, maybe not. I suspect it empowered the neocon wing fairly significantly; without 9/11 emphasizing foreign policy and the Middle East, Iraq might never make the jump from "something we'd like to do sometime" to "let's do this thing!" It's still possible, but less of a priority compared with domestic policy concerns.Except that 9/11 had NOTHING to do with Iraq, although he pretended it did. So, no 9/11 probably means he goes into Iraq with even fewer excuses and to even more blame.
I wonder if you had no 9/11 there was anything that Bush planned but was never able to even consider pursuing domestically.Maybe, maybe not. I suspect it empowered the neocon wing fairly significantly; without 9/11 emphasizing foreign policy and the Middle East, Iraq might never make the jump from "something we'd like to do sometime" to "let's do this thing!" It's still possible, but less of a priority compared with domestic policy concerns.
Except that 9/11 had NOTHING to do with Iraq, although he pretended it did. So, no 9/11 probably means he goes into Iraq with even fewer excuses and to even more blame.