Recent content by ZaphodBeeblebrox

At the risk, of re-viving a dead discussion: You quite correctly remarked, that the WAllies method of De-Nazification, required Stalin as a Bug-Bear ... The Soviet methods of De-Nazification, OTOH ...

True enough ... If it pleases everyone, let's consider the discussion, over and done with.

Oderint dum metuant, let them hate, so long as they fear ... That it happens, is NOT what keeps me up, this late at night ... What does that, is how WELL it works. Then again, Caligula was assassinated, partly by men who supported his Uncle. Who then, had his assassins executed ... An early...

It absolutely doesn't ... But it is how repressive regimes, enforce not just political thought, but the Correct Political Thought. A couple of years ago, my Girlfriend helped me to research where my Last Name originated ... We traced it back, to a small Village, of about 2,000 people, in what...

If an Admin wishes, I will remove the post ... However, it won't change the historical records of such acts ... If anything, those have been worse, and continue to this very day.

Yep, that's why I suggested taking apart South Carolina. Seriously, if there's one man, Fifty Years later, who's STILL calling himself a South Carolinian, you shoot him dead, in the street ... And for Best Effect, you make his family watch! War is HELL! That's certainly what the Germans...

The problem with Reconstruction, is the same one as with Versailles ... Too strong to enforce for long enough, too weak to prevent the opposition from simply waiting it out. The lesson from WWII, is partition, partition, and then partition some more ... And when in doubt, abolish Prussia...

The irony here, and why I didn't originally say Boston ... Is because New England had tried Seceding before, and wound up dragging us into the War of 1812, for their trouble. This tended to sour the area, on even the idea of Secession, at least for a while ... I wish, I was able to say...

Usually, I wind up arguing the inadequacy of the Confederate War effort, based upon the weaknesses, that drove them towards Secession in the first place ... Perhaps in this case, one should try doing the opposite. Essentially, the ONLY thing that will retain the Southern States in the Union...

The idea is, the Race invades during Harry Turtledove's new series, the Hot War ... Picture Atvar and Co. being 10 years delayed, for some reason. The Colonization Fleet is still 20 years behind them, and although the European Theatre, is in the process of consuming large numbers of Tanks ...

Well, that's the fun of the Hot War Series ... They ARE in a shooting war, just not one anyone actually wanted ... MacArthur gets Truman's blessing to A-Bomb 5 cities in Manchuria, the Soviets do the same thing to Western Europe, and the whole Kerfuffle just kinda Snowballs from there! That's...

That's one reason why I posted this thread, that and I've wondered about a Cold War invasion since the Worldwar Series debuted ... Remember, the Race still has their Canon Mission, plus, the Colonization Fleet is still en route, as well! So, how do the Human Powers re-act, is it War as usual...

Lately, I've been reading Harry Turtledove's Korean War Era series, the Hot War, and it got me to thinking ... What if the Race invaded that World, instead of ours? While Progress has indeed Marched onward, it isn't quite the nightmare scenario, Atvar often envisioned, where a Thermonuclear...

Yeah, that's why the order of responsibility, at least for me, goes: 1. Franklin Pierce for signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and for generally being the Northern face on Southern Policy. 2. James Buchanan for twiddling his thumbs while the country fell apart around him, but does earn back some...

Three words: Kansas-Nebraska Act. Three more: President Franklin Pierce. Essentially, @Skallagrim is correct, the United States played the waiting game for FAR too long ... And, between faction leaders, who had absolutely NO desire for compromise! That's why, whenever anyone calls a...