What would have happen on september 11th, 2001 if the Liberal Left had been in office!?

Question

excuse let me redo my question What would had happened after 9\11\01

And to Gurinder N When the hell did we shift to the right the bleedin heart liberals are more prominate now than ever! HIPPIES

Answer 1

We would have had many more attacks since.

More terrorist attacks occurred on Clinton’s watch, both inside and outside of U.S. borders, than during any other presidential administration in U.S. history.

We have not had a single attack since George Bush took the fight to the terrorists.

Answer 2

As opposed to what has happened, which has been nothing worthwhile? First, I think a Democratic president might actually have paid attention to the terrorist threat, before 9/11, unlike Bush whose administration demoted the counterterrorism unit and left counterterrorism out of the DOJ budget and, in general, ignored the terrorism threat. Also, when Clinton got the PDB about possible hijackings, he alerted appropriate airports. When Bush received the August 6, 2001 PDB about a possible Al Qaeda attack, he did absolutely nothing. See the 911 Commission Report.

Next, if 9/11 couldn’t have been prevented, the Democratic president might actually have concentrated on going after Al Qaeda, instead of starting an unnecessary war in Iraq, forgetting about bin Laden, helping jihadist recruitment worldwide, empowering Iran, opening up Iraq as a training ground for terrorists, destabilizing a secular country and perhaps destabilizing the entire region.

A Democratic president might also have taken the issues of the security of our ports and borders seriously.

Answer 3

If Gore had been in office? He would have taken the same action that Bush did, going into Afghanistan after Al Queda. The difference is that I think he would have followed that through completely before attacking another country that wasn't an imminent threat and had nothing to do with 9/11. We might actually have a grip on terrorism right now had he been in office instead of Bush.

Answer 4

How about handling the post 9/11 situations better, capturing Bin Laden, and not starting an unjust war with a country that did not attack us? Moreover, creating a better foreign policy, reducing our dependence on mid-east oil and protecting the american middle-class would have been few of the things to follow.

BTW, there is no such thing as liberal left any more since the country has shifted so much to the right.

Answer 5

For a short time after 9/11, the country was stronger in unity than I have ever known it. Shortly after, the biggest country's rift, since the Civil War, divided the Left from the Right.

Under a different leader, regardless of Left or Right, I don't think that division would have happened to our country. I also don't think any other leader would have sat on his butt for several minutes, after learning about the tragedy, reading a children's book.

Answer 6

Here we go.

The response to Afghanistan would have been exactly the same, only we would have went in with more forces and not let Bin Laden escape. A dem would not have invaded Iraq, but just kept bombing it every 6 months or so. Saddam would still be in power, but we wouldn't be trapped in a quagmire.

Also, Hamas would not have won the election in Palestine, because a Dem would have pushed the peace process hard, and leaned on Israel to make some more concessions.

Answer 7

2 jet liners would have crashed into the World Trade centers, one would have gone down in rural Pennsylvania, and one would have hit the Pentagon. Our current government did not act well prior, during, or after the attacks, but it was not just the presidency that is solely to blame. Many people, and factions of the government were at fault.

Actions and reactions may have been different in the aftermath, but attack probably would have still occurred.

Answer 8

Depends on what PERSON was in office. I'm fairly sure other conservatives could've done a better job than Bush during and after 9/11

Answer 9

Let's examine that closely.

Clinton was in office the first time the Islamic radicals attacked the WTC. The radicals were tracked down, found, arrested and tried. Clinton then went on to try to persuade the Republican congress to do something about Bin Laden, but they wouldn't go along.

So, in answer to your question (though I'm certain this isnot the answer you want to hear): I am fairly certain we'd have captured Bin Laden by now.

Now why is it we haven't? Oh yeah, after declaring we'd smoke him out and get him dead or alive, Bush then announced we weren't that interested in catching him and instead invaded Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11.

Answer 10

What happened years afterwards would have been different, but on the day itself? I would say that our country was more united that day than any in recent history. Nothing would have been different.

Or are you suggesting that if the democrats had been in power, that the twin towers/pentagon attacks wouldn't have happened?

Either way, it would have been the same.

Answer 11

I know exactly what we would have done because at the time I was worried it would play out like this. We would have fired 2 or 3 cruise missles into Afgahnistan blindly, then we would have changed the subject and tried to get America to forget it.

Look at the USS Cole, and all the rest of the terrorism that happened on Clinton's watch. Notice that it absolutely did not thwart any future attacks.

We would have been attacked at least a half a dozen times after 9/11/01 by now for sure. I'm sure there would have been a nuke dropped somewhere in the US too. And I'll bet the liberals would just fire a couple of cruise missles into Afgahnistan blindly again.

I thank God every day that we have a president with a ball sack.