The reason we invaded Iraq is a lot more complicated than that. Cheney was a driving force in that decision along with factors dating all the way back to Vietnam. Domino effect. I read a very interesting book about Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Powell and A few others and how they came from their individual careers that culminated in them all being together during the Bush administration and the decisions made leading up to and after 9/11. I can't remember the name of it nor the author right now but it was very interesting.

Regardless, we had no business there.

You can definitely look at the people Bush appointed and infer that war was coming.
Gore wouldn't have appointed the same people, but, I bet he would have invaded Iraq at some point in 2003 as well.  The 2000 election really presented us with bad choices.

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My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

Every election presents us with bad choices but that's a discussion for another thread.

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