"I seriously doubt that a President Gore would have begun the first and only "premptive" (i.e., unprovoked) war in US history ~ certainly not without an exit strategy."

Well Poppagator, I wouldn't be so sure about that, after all I have not read, or heard anywhere that he raised any objections to the "premtive" (i.e. unprovoked) attacks on Sudan and Afghanistan while he was Vice-President. The latter by the bye could have resulted in starting a nuclear war between Pakistan and India, it was only extremely fast talking on the part of the US that prevented it.