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  1. 1916 German offensive on the Somme

    Were there any other notable spoiling offensives, for the rough period that could potentially be used as a point of comparison?

  2. Russian Options if Germany goes east in 1914

    Which means Austria Hungary doesn't undergo it's savaging. Without pressure from the East, AH can focus on eliminating Serbia and then turn back toward Russia. Without the loss of most, of it's starting cadre of officers or experienced troops. Which also likely means Italy stays out. They had...

  3. McCain vs Clinton in 2008?

    Despite 2008 being a much more Democratic year than 2004, there were still noticeable swings in particular regions that had gone heavily for Clinton in the primary. It isn't hard to say that Clinton could nullify or at least reduce some of those swings, which helps her in the South for the...

  4. French Army wrecked in 1914, but Germany is still fighting some opponents through at least 1917 -sketch it out

    Retreating back into Russia doesn't do anything to help Serbia, so they are essentially ceding the Balkans to the Central Powers. No France means only relying on Britain for credit, not their usual financial patron. They are still hemmed in by the Ottomans, and so lack their usual import/export...

  5. Nixon declines Eisenhower’s VP offer in 1952, remains in Senate, runs for president anyway in 1960.

    @bpbruce Name which policies LBJ passed that caused the crime rate. And the word you keep wording, it sounds like you think he did it on purpose. And how does Nixon magically create a Black middle class, without any war on poverty measures? Without LBJ, there won't be a Social security...

  6. Nixon declines Eisenhower’s VP offer in 1952, remains in Senate, runs for president anyway in 1960.

    Okay, you need to stop using Liberal. Liberal is a word with already little meaning, as it gets misused by everybody, but you are taking it to a higher level. And no Nixon was not a Liberal Republican, he was a Moderate Conservative Republican. Not as hard right as Reagan and Goldwater, but not...

  7. Nixon declines Eisenhower’s VP offer in 1952, remains in Senate, runs for president anyway in 1960.

    Prevent Riots and Crime how? LBJ didn't press a magic button, to cause those to happen. The root factors were all in place well before then, a large young population from the baby boom, the long societal ills of segregation, poverty, environmental factors like lead, etc. They are more likely to...

  8. 1983 Kuwait Bombing goes through

    The 1983 Kuwait bombing was a part of a series of attacks by Shia Islamic terror groups linked to Iran and Hezbollah. Israel had been repeatably hit with a set of suicide bombings that would eventually drive it from Lebanon, after their foolhardy excursion into Lebanon. Under Reagan, they also...

  9. Duty Bound: The Presidency of John Kerry and Onwards (Part I: 2004-2012)

    Why does Lisa Murkowski (along with a few Republicans in other races) increase her percentage from OTL with Bush losing? Also, the selected races seem to be a bit ... odd. The South Dakota race separated by 4500 votes OTL, is still a Republican gain (with the Republican also doing better then...

  10. Plausibility Check - President Gore/Kerry Iran Deal

    Bump.

  11. Plausibility Check - President Gore/Kerry Iran Deal

    Post 9/11 America set itself against Iran's foes. Iran had just a couple of years before 9/11 almost went to war against Taliban in Afghanistan. Iran offered immense intelligence aid to the US. Knocking out Saddam's minority Sunni regime in Iraq was also in Iran's interest. However Bush...

  12. If Gore Wins in 2000, Who Wins in 2004 and 2008?

    He could have jerked off in his office for 4-8 years, and he still would have been better than Bush. It's easy for an ATL to seem like a wank because of how awful Bush's Presidency was, and how easy it was to fix a lot of issues.

  13. AHC/WI: Most mobbed-up United States president possible?

    Trump has literally boasted of having mob connections and has been repeatably noted as tied to various mob organisations and figures.

  14. What cities could be "internationalized"?

    Chinese treaty port cities. And perhaps other lingering holds of colonial rules, like Portugal's holdings in India being ceded to joint control, but not fully taken over by India.

  15. AHC: Southern Strategy considered a failure

    The southern strategy was a process. The south went from racial polarised, with nearly all whites voting for Democrats, and Blacks backing Republican (if they could vote). Then it switched totally. It absolutely worked out for them, and in terms of electoral politics, the GOP has often mouthed...

  16. AHC: A One-Party Democracy in America

    The US system has a lot of weaknesses. It is very easy to have a one-party system. The country has often had multiple one-party states and regions, just one that hasn't taken hold of the entire nation for too long. The Dixiecrats had an iron grip on the south for decades. You could have either...

  17. Fitter Italian military during WW2

    The Spanish civil war has been cited before in these threads. It was useful for experience, but the Italians donated a lot of gear to the Spanish, all stuff they could have used. Being less generous could help. The Italian military was also oversized. On paper it was a large army, but it was...

  18. AHC: Active resistance to suburban sprawl in 1940s-50s

    Perhaps a better Truman Housing act, with better zoning and urban renewal. If it actually met its goal of creating enough high-quality units in the city, it could reduce some of the movement to the suburbs. So perhaps rent control gets cut out of the bill (economists widely agree rent control...

  19. Obama and Congress sends out checks for April 2009 tax cut?

    That would actually be preferable in terms of economics. Paying down debt doesn't really give any economic boost to the wider economy. But buying something is demand. It means money moving. There is a reason Bush told people to go shopping after 9/11.

  20. Obama and Congress sends out checks for April 2009 tax cut?

    The issue wasn't the tax cuts. It was that Obama and co still were concerned about the deficit in the middle of a major economic downturn.
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