Very true, but the first war in Iraq was, and it was a devastating blow to the Middle Eastern countries. I always thought it was a mistake for that administration to have left Saddam in power and often wonder how much of the attacks were personal. Just a "what if", certainly not trying to assign blame or point fingers. It's one of those, where would we be today IF....
If McCain won the Republican nomination in 2000, I don't know if he'd have beaten Gore, who actually received more votes than W. I thought that while McCain may have made a better president than Bush, I think Bush was a much better and more effective campaigner than McCain.
Similarly I've always thought that Bob Dole would have been an effective cief executive, but he had electability problems. I think Dole was designed more like a prime minister than a president.
