Something something bourgeois imperialists.Why would Spain attack the UK in this scenario?
Coming in to save the motherf**kin' day, yeah!"Britannia, f**k yeah!"
With secession movements in Texas, Louisiana, Cuba, Santo Domingo, and Puerto Rico, it's likely.Will the United States be broken up when they finally accept defeat?
Same. I'm reading that as similar to what Lincoln did at the start of the Civil War; technically speaking he couldn't suspend Habeas Corpus without the consent of Congress, but since Congress was out of session, he did it on his own and then had Congress retroactively approve it (though it took until 1863 for the Suspension Act to actually pass, if memory serves). So a temporary measure designed to ensure the country can respond to a critical threat, rather than some kind of intense power grab.I don't see Carbone as a potential authoritarian. It seems to me like this circumventing the Constitution is more like, "we're in an immediate national emergency, things need to get done else we die. No time for debate or deliberation." Maybe it's just naivete but I do think that if there is a New England left after the war, it'll remain a democracy.
"Britannia, f**k yeah!"
You know, after seeing dozens of TLs pitting a saintly US against a grimdark Britain, it's refreshing to see a story that not only turns the concept on its head, but also plays with it a little. While TTL US is undeniably repressive and corrupt, the British Empire has just enough skeletons in its closet to avoid being Mary Sue-ish.Coming in to save the motherf**kin' day, yeah!
I've often wondered how he'd react... I don't think he'd be amused but you never know.Someone tell OTL Larry Hogan about this TL.
Can we not?Someone tell OTL Larry Hogan about this TL.
I had a good laugh or two imagining George HW Bush's reaction to Icarus Falls so you aren't alone lol.I've often wondered how he'd react... I don't think he'd be amused but you never know.
Welp, I'm up shit's crick. I imagine the Champlain valley took heavy damage due to its strategic value.