
We can, obviously, only speculate, but why would you think he wouldn't have? Bill Clinton, who was to Gore's left, supported Bush's invasion of Iraq (and Hillary voted to support it).
Gore was one of the few Democratic Senators to vote for the 1991 Gulf War, and he consistent
ly argued that the decision to leave Saddam Hussein in power at that time had proved to be "
a disastrous mistake" -- Watching that clip, you'd think that speech was the boilerplat
e for all of George W. Bush's speeches in the days leading up to his ordering the invasion.
All though the 1990s, Gore was one of the foremost proponents within the Clinton administra
tion for taking serious action against Saddam Hussein. And by the end of the 1990s he appears to have concluded that the whole structure of "containme
nt" cobbled together after the end of the 1991 Gulf War had proved costly, counter-pr
oductive and was becoming increasing
ly unsustaina
ble.
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