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In light of the election going on in Israel I believe the most pivotal moment in Israel the past decade was the stroke that disabled Ariel Sharon at a moment when he "saw the light" so to speak and realized that Israel could not remain a democracy for long if it continued the Occupation. What...

How would WW2have progressed if France had launched an all out attack all along the Rhineland after declaring war on September 1, 1939? At that moment with almost all German divisions preoccupied in Poland they had a huge numerical superiority of over 100 full strength equipped divisors going up...

How would Lincoln have been viewed following the CW if he has survived and went through with his plans to not impose any reparations or vendetta on the rebels?

This question is very much a Pandora's box argument but following an epic midterm loss and the GOP more powerful, more vengeful and more intractable that ever, would the Democrats have been better off letting McCain win the 2008 election, allowing them to push all the blame on him for the...

How would the Patriot dynasty have played out if either Bob Kraft have refused the Jets demand for a first round pick or if the Jets had not dropped their demands for two number ones? Would their second choice Gary Crowton have even come close to having the same success? Would he bring much of...

What would be the result if at the 11th hour President Obama and Speaker Boehner were not able to negotiate an extension of the debt ceiling and the United States defaulted on its credit? What would be the impact to the economy and the US standing in the world? Who would get more of the blame...

What would be the political consequences if Democrats after taking control of Congress had voted no on the Surge and on any future funding for the Iraq War. With the country tethering on the brink of collapse this undoubtably would have tipped it over, so would Bush have been able to paint them...

Let us assume that the bullet that Hinkley fired was a direct hit on Reagan's heart and he died within a few days of said injury. George H.W Bush obviously takes over as President but without a template or obvious initiative. Now we know the myriad disagreements he had with Reagan in the...

What would be the result if instead of taking his people toward the. Holy Lands Moses instead decides to engage in a full scale war with the Egyptians. Would he have been able to propel a full scale insurrection by uniting all the slaves against the empire? If the goal was a full scale war to...

What would Fords chances in the 76 election if he had not pardoned Richard Nixon and say delivered a public address that Nixon had to pay for his criminal activities in the court of law. Would conservatives feel betrayed and maybe give their full support to a Reagan challenge sooner? If he does...

How would the debate over health care be today if Ted Kennedy had given his support for Nixon's health care proposal with the public option? Would a republican presidents signature on what would basically be socialism blunt the eventual hardcore opposition from the right? How would a fairer and...

What if there were a idealistic and intuitive king who could see Da Vinci for what he was as a visionary who could change modern warfare and gave him a distinguished place in their military council? Would techonology at the time have been able to invent a facsimile of his inventions of the tank...

What would be the long term effects on baseball if the 1994 players strike had continued into 1995 and wiped out that season as well? Would this constitute a death knell for the popularity of baseball? Relegating it to the outskirts of fan interest along with soccer and hockey? Would the players...

Your mission if you choose to accept it is to find a scenario where Obama doesn't have a steep drop in popularity following his election and finds a way for the Democrats to keep the House in 2010. As an added hurdle, Obamacare can not be butterflied away and the Stimulus is not replaced.

How would the Sino-Japanese War had played out if Jiang Jieshi had successfully liquidated all communist forces following the Shanghai massacre and been able to establish a fully unified China years earlier? Would the additional years to train and to establish a war industry been enough to stem...

There had been numerous controversy over Stalin was planning to attack Hitler after he had fully mobilized his army and industry. Let us suppose that he understood the true nature of the Nazi state and struck at the most opportune time. Most likely during the invasion of France when almost all...

Let us suppose that General. Meade threw caution to the wind for a moment and launched a full counter attack all along the rebel line after Pickett's charge is annihilated. Could Lee with a tired, exhausted and decimated army have withstood such an assault? Is there any possibility of a Cannea...

It's pretty much in agreement that the Great War was inevitable given the myriad alliances and power dynamics in place but what could have been done to make it less bloody than it ultimately ended up being? Let's say the British and French had more competent Generals than the bloodthirsty Haig...

What would be the consequences of the Joint Chiefs taking the downing of the U-2 spy plane as a pretext for a sustained bombardment of Cuba followed by a ground invasion? Now the Generals certainly did not know the nukes were already operational and Castro was more than willing to use them...

Let us suppose Ariel Sharon doesn't suffer a stroke and lives long enough to win re-election. November polls showed that he was likely to lead Kadima to victory and would have stemmed the eventual rise of Likud and the hard liners intractable to the Palestinians. Now we know that near the end of...