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I was referring to the engine.

I'm American, but I'm not a big fan of the Abrams. It burns too much fuel and requires too much specialized maintenance. I like the Leopard II much better. Just as effective, with a nice simple diesel.

I'm thinking more of "states' rights". In the US and Canada and (I would imagine) Russia, if the federal government exercises too much control, the states/provinces/federal entities tend to create a ruckus. Except for maybe Bavaria, I don't see that happening in Germany. The Länder have...

I know. I was referring to this: I don't see why the British would be worried about the blacks going over to the Boers.

They'd be paying much less for gas and maintenance. :D

Why would the blacks go over to the Boers? It's been a while since I studied the Boer War, but I thought that the Boers treated Africans like utter shit. Maybe I'm confusing history with the Draka althist.:p In any case, I doubt the status of Africans would have been much different. Once...

You'd have to gut a lot of the US constitution to "official" become unitary, but even today there's still a lot of centralization in the Federal government. A big step towards unitary authority would be to abolish the National Guard system, taking away all military power from the states...

I could really care less what you think.

Okay, to keep this thread kosher for the Before 1900 board, I created a thread in ASBs to discuss a US invasion of Britain. I think it will be best to keep the discussion there. Here is the thread.

No more House.:eek: Fail troll is very fail.

400 airframes on ships each defended by its own carrier battle group comprising frigates, destroyers, and submarines, against a country whose major air bases, munitions depots, and fuel infrastructure have been bombed by our stealth bombers, yes. Uh, I think you actually ended up arguing in...

I was actually thinking of this scenario (England controlling France), and I think the best PoD would be the Siege of Orléans during the Hundred Years' War. From what I've read, if the English had managed to take Orléans, it would have given them a better chance at taking out the Dauphin. Of...

This would be the biggest obstacle. No way we can think of surprising them, and they would probably figure out our strategy pretty quickly too.

I wouldn't even try bribing the Irish republic. They've already given up their claim to Ulster. And besides, no matter how much they used to hate the British, they wouldn't support an invasion in this day and age. Europe is much more united and peaceful now than it was back when the Irish...

I think it goes without saying that the US won't be able to get permission to fly sorties from anywhere except our home territory. Anyone who says otherwise is dreaming. That said, I think the US could force Iceland to acquiesce to the US use of their airports, merely because Iceland doesn't...

The US could do it. We have the naval power to attack Britain and most likely take out their SSBNs before they can launch. And with all of our aircraft carriers, we would most likely be able to establish air superiority, if not total supremacy. Also, Britain's army is very small. I don't...

Is that a fact, or an opinion?