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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
If Gore had been in charge, and had kept the people in the Clinton Administration who had focused on terrorism, maybe something would have been done in the several months before September that might have averted the attacks. Hindsight is 20/20, but it's pretty clear that terrorism was a low priority for the Bushies until 9/11.
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Ignorance Is Strength!
When you say stuff like this, I think "Maybe he's joking." But I know you're not, and then it gets harder to take other things you say credibly. The "people in the Clinton Administration who focused on terrorism?"
If you're right about the whole erosion of liberties/Big Brother thing, you might be able to get Winston Smith's old job in Records.
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It's hard to see how things would have been any worse under Gore. It's equally hard to imagine that Gore would have done any worse in invading Afghanistan.
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Clinton did worse, Gore might have done little more. This part is impossible to predict, but I am not confident Gore would have taken the steps to knock out the Taliban. For the record, I can accept Atticus' analysis, from the 3rd from last time this came up, that Gore certainly woould have invaded, but I'm really not sure.
