Ibn Warraq
Banned
Anyone who thinks a President Al Gore would have somehow prevented 9/11 is horribly ignorant about the plot. By the time Bush was President the hijackers were in America, the plot was well under way and they were way past the point where it could realistically have been stopped.
Beyond that, a lot of people are forgetting that until he was so personally effected by losing to Bush, when it came to foreign policy, Gore was quite hawkish so Iraq might very well still happen.
It's also worth noting that Gore would probably, if anything, be more hawkish regarding Israel than Bush and would almost certainly put even less pressure on Israel than Bush.
Finally, I think everyone who's convinced a President Gore means no Patriot Act is forgetting that President Clinton tried to push through a virtually identical bill following Oklahoma City.
I guarantee something like the Patriot Act gets pushed through under Gore.
Beyond that, a lot of people are forgetting that until he was so personally effected by losing to Bush, when it came to foreign policy, Gore was quite hawkish so Iraq might very well still happen.
It's also worth noting that Gore would probably, if anything, be more hawkish regarding Israel than Bush and would almost certainly put even less pressure on Israel than Bush.
Finally, I think everyone who's convinced a President Gore means no Patriot Act is forgetting that President Clinton tried to push through a virtually identical bill following Oklahoma City.
I guarantee something like the Patriot Act gets pushed through under Gore.