r/neoliberal Oct 16 '24

Exhibit A for voting Meme

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u/Jaipurite28 Oct 16 '24

Would there even have been a 9/11? Bush ignored a lot of warnings about it. But even if in a Gore presidency, 9/11 had happened, I don't believe he would have invaded Iraq. Keep in mind that he did not endorse his own running mate Joe Lieberman in 2004 primaries

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u/HarlemHellfighter96 Oct 16 '24

Yes.Osama hated us whether it was democrat in office or a republican.

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u/DataSetMatch Oct 16 '24

...not the point. There's a belief that the Bush administration brushed off warnings of the attack, but there's no sound argument that any other administration would have done more with the same warnings.

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u/TheFaithlessFaithful United Nations Oct 16 '24

but there's no sound argument that any other administration would have done more with the same warnings.

That's cause you can't determine what a different admin would've done. There's a million factors that make it impossible.

I think the chances of them catching onto the threat is a lot higher given that they wouldn't have been the bumbling idiots (or cartoonishly evil villains) of the Bush admin.