What if McCain had won?
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What if McCain had won?
say the attacl pm the Pentagon and World Trade Center had occured under McCain's watch, what would be different?
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We probably still would have gone into Afghanistan, but I doubt the Iraq war would have occurred(unless the intel was right and Saddam DID have WMDs and the intent to use them).
As for the outside world, we probably would still be signed onto the Kyoto Treaty, but not ratified. Tax cut may or may not have passed; can't remember McCain's opinion on that.
As for the outside world, we probably would still be signed onto the Kyoto Treaty, but not ratified. Tax cut may or may not have passed; can't remember McCain's opinion on that.
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Re: What if McCain had won?
I would assume that pretty much everthing that has happened would still happen, except we wouldn't have to listen to mudslinging about who served and who didn't.The Yosemite Bear wrote:say the attacl pm the Pentagon and World Trade Center had occured under McCain's watch, what would be different?
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Everything would suck less. No Patriot Act.
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I'm not so sure about that. Clinton was just as convinced about the WMD as Bush was, and I bet McCain would have been to. He might have done better with the diplomacy or the occupation, or then again he might not have. I certainly wouldn't have expected Bush to act this way when he was elected.Guardsman Bass wrote:We probably still would have gone into Afghanistan, but I doubt the Iraq war would have occurred(unless the intel was right and Saddam DID have WMDs and the intent to use them).
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I'm not sure about that. There are a lot of reasons to prefer McCain over Bush, but due to the whole Campaign finance reform thing I'm not inclined to believe his commitment to civil liberties is all that deep. Remember that something like the Patriot act looks a lot less threatening from the top.Howedar wrote:Everything would suck less. No Patriot Act.
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No can do. Cuz of Clinton we had no rifle ammunition.Joe wrote:We would gone to Iraq quicker and with less bitching.
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