The foreign policies of the parties if Al-Qaeda never existed

[darklordoftech]

What would the foreign policy of each party be like throughout the 00s and 2010s if Al-Qaeda never existed?

[Blue3]

You know the Bush administration wanted war with Iraq even before 9/11, right? Not much would change.

[darklordoftech]

You know the Bush administration wanted war with Iraq even before 9/11, right? Not much would change.

But would the political capital have been there?

[Blue3]

They would have found a way.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Worth noting that United Russia sent observers to the 2000 RNC and that Putin and Dubya initially had a friendly, if for the Russians ultimately unbeneficial, relationship. Would be interesting to see how Russo-American relations developed without the War on Terror. Nevertheless, Bush did pull out of the ABM Treaty, so there were, even very early on, reasons for the relationship to decay.