What if 9/11 never happened?

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I posted this on the Current Events board, but thought it would be good to ask you guys as well, since today is the 2 year anniversery. The link to the Current events post in below.

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Saw this on another messageboard, and thought it was an interesting question. What do you think would have happened? Would the US have invaded Afghanistan and Iraq? Would Al Queda have grown stronger, and attacked the US at a later date on a much larger scale (I'm talking WMD)? Was 9/11 a necessary evil?

Personally, I think, as horrible as it was, it was still a necessary evil. Without this "wake-up call" I doubt the government would have gone after them as ruthlessly as they are now. And it would have resulted in a much larger attack at a later date.
However, I believe Afghanistan and Iraq might have still happened, as I believe it was always in the administration's mind to take out these two leaderships. However, their challenge would have been to convince the American public.

As a side note: I know everyone blames Clinton for letting Al Queda grow stronger, but one has to realize that the previous attacks (Cole, etc) were on a much smaller scale. If we turned the tables and Bush was in power during that era, do you think he would have done what he's doing now? Or if Clinton was in power right now, what would he have done?(not defending Clinton - just throwing out points).

http://bbs.clubplanet.com/showthread...hreadid=182030

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I certainly dont think Clinto, much less Gore, would be doing what Bush is doing. Good or bad, it would've been much different. Probably more in line with diplomacy....more sanctions, more blah blah blah.