Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Doubtful, the pressure to react strongly and the desire to react strongly would have been overwhelming and at that point if a President had merely fired a couple of cruise missiles into Afghanistan and left it at that he would have been crucified by both sides of the aisle, the media and the citizen base.
Sometimes people forget that the transition from fear to outright anger and rage and revenge was pretty close to overnight.
|
I don't think any government other than Bush Jr et al would have invaded Iraq. That was completely made up by that administration. Afghanistan for sure. Saudi still goes untouched.