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Kind of a lesser vs greater evil here... Except the Greater Evil is the CVs. The TRW were partially responsible for fucking up the world through Rumsfeld, but the CVs were an apocalypse cult.

That actually makes a lot more sense. Give the Red Skull some credit; he at least uses disguises and fronts for this. Would make it an excellent way to twist the knife when he reveals just how he merely took advantage of something, not started it himself. And how America was so quick to throw...

In the infamous movie "CSA" (a TL where the South not only won the ACW but conquered the North... somehow, and then proceeded to be an imperialistic world power), all important cultural figures flee north, as the South's oppressive culture makes innovation difficult. This results in Canada, not...

Based off a thread right here on this forum, about whether MacArthur was right in wanting to use the nukes or not, I had this weird idea for a Rumsfeldia propaganda film, based off Korea. Basically, MacArthur, the commander bravely trying to fight off the Red Hordes of China, has come to the...

An invasion of Iraq in this scenario would be a lot more justified by the administration. It wouldn't be a matter of struggling to find a casus belli, it would be right there, saving the US Administration face and a lot of effort. Hopefully, without the wrong lessons learned from Afghanistan...

Arguable. Admittedly, while the the British weren't ready for war, neither were the Germans. It took a year of using the Czech arms manufactories to get enough tanks to take on Poland and France. Then again, the British and French populace were, quite frankly, not ready for war, and it would...

No, no it would not. Responding to criticism or nonviolent political power plays with bloody mass murder is not something rational governments do. Even the Russian oligarchy/kleptocracy knows better than this. Basic diplomacy is tit-for-tat, not wild escalation. Al-Qaeda and ISIS do crazy shit...

Oh. Well, that would throw some serious changes into animation history.

How about Disney getting bought out in 1984 by Saul Steinberg, and then getting basically scrapped for assets? It would effectively destroy the Disney brand and remove any future attempts to dominate the market. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=stu_hon_theses

People keep talking about the money Britain earned from selling the warships to Japan - which is true. However, weapons sales are usually not once-only transaction, they're package deals. With especially more complex weaponry, you have to pay money to train and familiarize the crews with the...

I'd say that's the biggest problem people had when dealing with Hitler. People thought he was a sane, rational leader willing to work within the constraints of current geopolitics; contain communism, try and rebuild from the last war and avoid losing it all to the USA and USSR, etc... Problem...

Given the more recent events? Probably. But then again, this is alternate history, and we take alternate scenarios and explore them. We'll just have to have a gentlemen's agreement not to make it about politics.

The best bets would be to deploy the main strike force from the Gulf States (Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman), and use Turkey and Pakistan as support HQs, air bases, etc... Iraq is an ally against Iran, but somehow I doubt Iraq would open its bases to US troops. I can see the...

Pretty much. Hitler had left Vichy France as an Axis-aligned state, but with no active participation in the war. He later tore up the treaty he had with them when the Allies started turning the tide. There was really no need for the British to oppose the puppet state, since they clearly had...

A US-Iranian war in 1980 would have been extremely costly for both sides. The Iranians would pull all their (formerly pro-Shah) generals out of prison just to fight the Yankees, much like they did OTL against Iraq. There would be, however, a strong element of suspicion still present, since many...

In 1905, while Japan had just thrashed the Russian fleet, it was still having trouble taking Korea. The Russians cried uncle because their economy was going to trash too, and Revolution had almost come; had they held on longer, the Japanese economy would have come crashing down, bringing down...

The guy was, quite frankly, an egotist with a loud mouth. He often pressed for issues 'important to France' that pissed off the Anglo Allies. For instance, the status of Quebec (potentially destabilizing a loyal British dominion), refusing to dismantle the French colonial Empire whereas Britain...

The Egyptian scenario is pretty much spot-on. The Libyan scenario is... very ugly, to put it lightly. Should Qaddafi and his family fall, there's not going to be anyone else capable of running the government. Qaddafi quite literally made sure the entire system revolved around him. Replacing him...

I was going to give my two bits, but then I re-read the OP about how to divide Italy and Japan, not what would happen if it did. Sorry, drawing a blank there. Though I would say that Austria should be Soviet-controlled only, as it's the gateway into both Germany and Italy. However, I will say...

Since you used Black, I'm going to add another one: Case Silent Grey: Case Orange goes a step further and we get Threads. Humanity and most wildlife ends, life tries again in a few thousand years. However, to be honest, in a realistic situation, everyone would know who fired that last nuke...