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Should I know who Fiat Lux is? The Ottomans weren't overconfident - they just preferred to fight instead of just giving up the whole of the Balkans at the bargaining table like the Powers were insisting. I would agree the Ottomans should have been able to "win", but only because the Russians...

I don't think Spain could beat the USA, I'm just saying they could have fought far more effectively, and at least come out of it better than having their entire empire stripped from them. For example, Puerto Rico could have been saved.

Sorry, yes, of course Portland ME. There's no way anyone could get to Portland OR from the Canaries. It's the battleship USS Oregon that I was talking about, which had to sail from San Francisco to the East coast. Again, it's a serious long-shot to intercept her. A raid on Portland...