Awkward? Bush meets Gore at White House

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by fatty

Probably would not have made much of a difference. I suspect we'd still be in Iraq.

You might be right, fatty. It's hard to determine how a Gore administration would have responded to Saddam's breach of all cease fire agreements and such. I myself think Gore would have continued to go to the UN ad nauseum. And we wouldn't have ever been in Iraq. Saddam would likely still be in power today if Gore was the President. And Iran would be full speed ahead on their nuclear weapons programs without a word about it. No sanctions....nothing. That's just my opinion only. How Gore would have really acted in his presidency is anyone's guess, and you might have been proven right in your own assertions.

@baggygreen - I agree. I don't think Bush and Gore were sitting there steamed at one another. I think Gore may be ruffled that he didn't win his bid to be President, but holding grudges is another matter. And not likely amongst a career politician. On your second paragraph, I think that if Iran was full bore on their nuclear wepons program like they seem now, we would have made them the priority. Of course many intelligence agencies at the time (not just American) were saying Saddam was in the process of building WMD.