If the WTC was destroyed in 1993 what would have happened?

[brucejoel99]

Clinton would probably respond like Bush responded after 9/11: seek out al-Qaeda at all costs & send troops to the country where we believe they're hiding. At the time, bin Laden & Co. were based in Sudan, & given how the Sudanese government kicked him out in 1995 for planning to assassinate the President of Egypt, I think we can comfortably presume that they'd at least give the Americans fuel & directions on their way to arrest him themselves.

And like Bush mostly abandoned his hopes for education reform after 9/11, Clinton would abandon his hopes for healthcare reform to instead focus on this event. Perhaps without focusing on healthcare & the rallying effect (assuming Clinton acts, which I think he would), the Democrats can presumably hold the House in 1994, though an earlier War on Terror might be enough to drag Powell into the 1996 election, but unless Clinton badly f**ks up post-attack, he'd probably still get re-elected.