If you could prevent 5 events in your lifetime

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This ends the probelm of you not possibly being born.

This is what I would prevent:

-The Rwandan Genocide
-9/11
-Bush getting into the White House
-Saddam's gassing of the Kurds
-Putin becoming President of Russia

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Domestic:
Prevent 9/11, Bush Presidenticy

Foreign:
Prevent Rwanda Genocide, Congo War, Bosnian Genocide, Sudan Genocide.

Oh, only 5 allowed, strike the Bosnian one.

[DanimalBr]

9/11
The explosion of the space shuttle challenger
The election of Bill Clinton as President
The Rawanda Genocide
The Oklahoma City Bombings

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Domestic:
Prevent 9/11, Bush Presidenticy

Foreign:
Prevent Rwanda Genocide, Congo War, Bosnian Genocide, Sudan Genocide.

Oh, only 5 allowed, strike the Bosnian one.

actually preventing the Rwandan Genocide might also prevent the Congo War, so you have a 2-for-1 there.

[Schmitz in 1972]

Waco (preventing Oklahoma City in the process mind you)
9/11 (likely preventing Iraq in the process mind you)
Rwandan genocide (Well, since everyone else has it)

For my last two, probably a pair of Supreme Court decisions since more often than not they end up causing damage to America

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For my last two, probably a pair of Supreme Court decisions since more often than not they end up causing damage to America

Two justices can't possibly cause damage to America. Votes on the SCOTUS are majority votes, quorum is 6, and usually all 9 vote.

[The Duke]

The top five that haven't been mentioned

Arafat's return to Palestine
Rise of the Taliban
Creation of Al Qaeda
Election of Chirac in France
US intervention in Lebanon

[Schmitz in 1972]

For my last two, probably a pair of Supreme Court decisions since more often than not they end up causing damage to America

Two justices can't possibly cause damage to America. Votes on the SCOTUS are majority votes, quorum is 6, and usually all 9 vote.

I wasn't referring to two justices who got confirmed (like Ginsburg or Breyer), I was referring to two decisions the court has handed down (like Stenberg v. Carhart or Bush v. Gore).

[muon2]

1963: The assassination of Pres. Kennedy.

1968: The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

1972: The break-in at the Watergate.

1975: Pol Pot's seizure of Phnom Penh instead of Sihanouk's return.

1979: The accident at Three Mile Island.

Yes, these are all more than 25 years old, but they color a great deal of today's political landscape. These were formative political events for the generation now leading the country.

[Beet]

1- The spread of AIDS
2- The career of Osama bin Laden
3- The career of Rush Limbaugh
4- The career of Rupert Murdoch
5- The career of George W. Bush