Was Iraq inevitable, regardless of whether it was a D or R in the White House? Or, would he have resisted and doubled down in Afghanistan?
Was Iraq inevitable, regardless of whether it was a D or R in the White House? Or, would he have resisted and doubled down in Afghanistan?
This. 9/11 allowed for unilateral political action in a way that was unprecedented since like.... honestly I can't recall. It allowed for the weird specifics of the spersonalities of the US leadership to come through in the moment.