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If you think Al Gore wouldn't have invaded Afghanistan and destroyed Al Qaeda, you're wrong. Completely, 100% wrong.
If you think democracy is guaranteed (or even likely) in Iraq in the next 5 years, you're probalby wrong.
The Clinton administration was prepared to declare war on terrorism in the months before it left office, but they decided not to start a war so soon before a change of leadership.
The Bush administration ignored Al Qaeda until 9/11, though they say that initial discussions on counterterrorism were taking place in early September.
Therefore, one might think that an Al Gore administration could have prevented 9/11. I sure do. I don't promise that it WOULD have, but when you don't spend any time fighting terrorism (like Bush), your chances don't look so good by comparison.
Oh, and freeing Iraq has done nothing to "save" us from anything.
I'm basically in favor of the war in Iraq, but I think that in retrospect that it was unnecessary, poorly planned, and has accomplished few of the initial goals.
What about the long term? I want a stable government in the long term, but I don't want our troops tied up over there long term. They need to be back in Georgia and Texas waiting to spring upon whoever pops up to challenge us next, not camped out nation building in Iraq.
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