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Probably a similar initial response, but no Iraq War two years later. Which would make a... massive (and positive, in case that wasn't clear) change in the direction and concerns of American foreign policy.
He wouldn't have suspended civil rights, permitted torture and made a mockery of the rule of law.
We think that yes. I'm a gore fan.
But remember there were 100s of people driving towards those topics. Career defense and security types making their damnedest case that they needed those tools to avoid 9/11 2.0.
I hope gore, and the staff he surrounded himself with would have had the vision to avoid all that, despite the pressure.
Why am I reminded of the lone gunman pilot episode?
Never forget. If you want an even crazier mindfuck, watch the original "Utopia", the original 2013 British version. For real.