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Originally Posted by TomCollins
If anyone thinks Gore wouldn't have invaded doesn't understand why we really invaded Iraq. It has nothing to do with a hardon for revenge or finishing the job.
It had to do with Paul Wolfowitz and friends, and their academic theories about preemptive strikes. Sorry, but without them in the White House's inner circle, Iraq II would never have happened. I get that Obama isn't a peacenik, but it's patently absurd to think Gore would have launched a full-scale ground invasion and then spent a decade on a democracy-building exercise.
On a more practical level, the Republicans would have stonewalled any invasion. The R's are incredibly anti-interventionist when there's a D in the White house, as anyone who lived through the Clinton years will remember.