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George W Bush campaigned as something of a non-interventionist, having talked about how the United States needed a more humble foreign policy. This war partially due to the Clinton years being fairly interventionist and that segment of the GOP being pretty animated.

Had Gore won in 2000, he likely would have invaded Afghanistan and there's a strong possibility he'd have either invaded Iraq or at the very least gotten tougher on the country.

Could the GOP non-interventionists have been bolstered going into the 2004 or 2008 elections had Gore won?
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