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Re-reading FLG and Rumsfeldia got me wondering. How different was the Suslov constitution from the OTL 1977 Soviet constitution other then the preamble? And did it get amended in the 1980s to accommodate the economic reforms (chapter 2 "The economic system" mainly)?

Wait, what North Korean antics? TTL North Korea is just another run of the mill Soviet satelliete without the Kim dynasty. I don't recall them stirring up trouble during Rumsfeldia.

Yup. They probably frustrate Denton at every turn when their goals are not aligned. Maybe they will support him in terms of backing away from foreign committments (they could probably use all the troops they can back home to restore "law and order"). I guess in 1989 they try to consolidate...

I'm still curious why exactly did the CVs launch their coup, with slaughtering the Pentagon, the Congress and all, the first place? Remember, they controlled the Denton Administration and are implied to have won the 1988 election using Rumsfeld laws. They have taken power (relatively)...

Well, Drew mentioned hardliners like Akhromeev and Lebed early on in the timeline. I doubt he did it purely for flavor alone. I certainly don't see it succeeding though. P.S. I wonder if "They live" is going to get made TTL. If it does, it would probably be a bigger hit then OTL. P.S.S. I know...

South Africa and neighboring countries are a horrible mess from the use of WMDs and conventional warfare. Northern Africa is barely holding against the jihadees with French and Soviet help. As I recall, a good chunk of Latin American states had fallen to the Cuerdan movement. Nothing of note...

Also, how would TTL Reagan tackle the USSR and foreign policy in general? US would probably still commit to China after Lesser Mao's regime crumbles. And when Ryzhkov proposes his peace initiative how would he respond?

Indeed it would be morbidly hilarious indeed and it would also make for one hell of a prison fight.

I'm still dying to know who will be in charge of the US after the dust settles. Hopefully not a military junta led by Nick Cage.

As far as I know, there were plenty of Catholics in Cuba, despite the official state line being atheism - it's too deeply engrained in society. Same goes for Communist counties like Poland. Even the USSR had it's fair share of religious people.

It didn't draw the US and the USSR into a military stand-off, so I say, it's not a part of the Cold War. I imagine Cuba becoming TTL America's Chechnya because of the sheer nastiness of the conflict: poorly led troops with supply problems struggling against a determined enemy as well as the...

My thoughts exactly, Drew.

Some people might try to argue that at some point Rumsfeld became little more then a mouthpiece to the CVs, who were really the ones in charge (think Mao the Elder and Lesser Mao). I can see people like Dick Cheney (assuming he survives the whole mess) arguing for it to distance themselves from...

Hi! Can you share a PDF of Fear, Loathing any Gumbo?

My best guess they are not part of the Warsaw pact. First, there is little that the Warsaw pact can do to help them in case of a hypothetical conventional war in Europe, other then avenging them. So, no Soviet troops deployments in Portugal. They use Portugese port facilities and air bases...

Last we heard he was still in exile in Gorky. P.S. I wonder if the USSR creates "special economic zones" like OTL China. If they do, it would be an interesting question where they put them, considering the fact USSR doesn't have many ports. Places like Black Sea, Baltic republics and Sakhalin...

Drew totally should have made it a Volga, at least it looks nice.

Has to do with OTL's economic slump in the 1980s-1990s.

By the looks of it, the reforms had re-instated some confidence within the Soviet system among the people, since the system now provides. And the Soviet propaganda machine can easily spin the chaos in China and America as a factor for the people to rally behind the Soviet leadership. It's not a...

More like "Rumsfeld had all this power slip right through his fingers".