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After the Spanish-American War, Spain sold Micronesia to Germany. Spain sold them because they were worthless without the Philippines. In OTL, Micronesia went Spain --> Germany --> Japan --> USA --> independence. What if, thanks to pure inertia, Spain keeps the islands after the S-A War? What...

The side with the guns will win in the end. This essentially means that Pyong Il will be the next leader of North Korea.

Would it though? Judicial review came about because the Federalist judges wanted to check the power of the Democratic-Republican politicians. With a surviving Federalist Party, I think they might not be so inclined to strike down legislation from "their side."

I see this having several butterflies: The USA has Britain on its side here, so the French can't really attack the American mainland. Britain and the USA carve up remaining French territories in the Americas. France doesn't retake Louisiana, seeing it as a lost cause. It stays in Spanish...

Could a large rump British Empire have survived? I believe that the UK could have kept its non-African and non-Asian possessions. All it had to do was federalize. The white dominions would have been on board (Canada, Australia, New Zealand), as would the territories in the Caribbean...

-UK and Germany carve up Portuguese Africa -In WWI, UK takes the enlarged German Africa -Dominion of South Africa takes control of region Sub-Saharan Africa united under apartheid!

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah Zip-a-dee-ay!

I think Japan gave up a bit to easily in your TL, IMO. -They conquered Micronesia and Germany is going to have a difficult time getting it back, even without a European front, due to sheer distance. -The USA was always viewed as a potential enemy. Considering Japan already took Philippines, I...

Even though the first televised presidential debate was in 1960 (Nixon vs. Kennedy), the subsequent three elections did not have any. We would have to wait until 1976 to get another. Considering how two of those elections (1964 and 1972) were landslides, I'm curious if things would have been...

I think a no-fly zone in support of the Northern Alliance is politically possible. No boots on the ground, though. Americans won't tolerate that without a causus belli, and a potential terrorist attack is not that. Bush would have no fly zones on Iraq and Afghanistan through his presidency.

Suppose during the American colonization of the Philippines, America claims the all the islands in the South China Sea. Britain & France, the other powers in the region, accept this. When the Philippines gain independence in 1946, America retains control because their is no indigenous population...

The reason we didn't intervene in Syria is because David Cameron went to Parliament and received a "no" vote on war, making it difficult for the UK, as well as the US and France, to intervene. Then Russia got involved and a diplomatic solution was found. Suppose that doesn't happen. Obama...

USA probably gets all of North America. France/Spain/Netherlands carve up the rest of the British Empire in the Caribbean, South America, and Asia. France gradually becomes the 19th century superpower. There will probably be a delayed revolution, but with the Brits damaged, the French have...

How would American politics be altered if Reagan was a socially liberal, while still being an economic conservative? i.e. being pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-ERA, anti-drug war I don't think its ASB. Reagan supported the Therapeutic Abortion Act while governor of California, and opposed...

Abortion will follow the trajectory of the gay marriage movement IMO. Without a court case, the battles will be fought (and won) in state legislatures. Roe demobilized the pro-choice movement while galvanizing the pro-life movement. Without the case, that will not occur, and pro-choice...

If the Dutch are allied with Germany, Australia would likely invade the Dutch East Indies early in the war. Australia would embargo Japan when the UK does, and the Asian theater goes off as OTL, with Australians dying in Indonesia instead.

Ron Paul '88! Also, he wouldn't have the newsletters to deal with at the time, so that will also be a huge boost. The key is getting him in the debates.

The South's internal problems are going to affect the continent. They will need investment from the outside to remain economically stable, which will put it into the arms of the UK, because there will be bad blood with their northern neighbor. Plus, slave power demands expansion, so I don't...

Nintendo changes a lot. In the mid-90s, they really had no idea what to do with the handheld medium. GameBoy sales were in decline and its focus was on consoles. They never expected Pokémon to become a success. Nintendo actually kept delaying the game so Game Freak could work on their side...

-USSR takes all of Korea in 1945. No Korean War. -USA backs Ho Chi Minh instead of France. Ho becomes a pro-American despot with the country becoming democratic after he dies. No Vietnam War. -In 1990, the US ambassador doesn't act as if taking over Kuwait would be acceptable. Saddam stays...