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  1. What if military defied Bush orders to invade Iraq?

    STILL ASB? No, it is far MORE ASB. ALL the senior military officers resigns?:rolleyes:
  2. What if military defied Bush orders to invade Iraq?

    Utterly impossible. The order to go into Iraq was not just issued by the National Command Authority, it was done AFTER Congress had approved the action. You may as well ask "what if gravity failed" or "what if the College of Cardinals was replaced by Hooter's waitresses" (which, BTW, would...
  3. WWII:Japanese invade Hawaii

    The PI couldn't be ignored or bypassed. Forces from there could interdict anything the Japanese sent from the Southern Resource Area. You leave the PI in U.S. hands and you cut the war by a year, maybe two (especially since the attempt to take Oahu would fail). The IJA only dedicated TWO...
  4. The Film "Taken" Actually Happened

    Ah... The Global economy at it's finest.
  5. The Film "Taken" Actually Happened

    The father was some sort of CIA para-military. With the way the Black Ops world works, everything will be spun away by both governments since it is in nobody's interest to let the real story get out (slavers in France, senior government official providing cover, U.S. "spy" running amok in...
  6. WI- Rommel Allowed to Live

    That is why I made sure to note that it isn't universally accepted. The quote itself is one thing, but Rommel was, at best, a latecomer to the party. Even then he was more "parlor pink" than "RED" in his support.
  7. WI- Rommel Allowed to Live

    It is questionable if Rommel would have been physically able to participate in the planning or command of the Ardennes Offensive given his injuries of July 17, 1944 (which included multiple skull fractures). Rommel's role in the July 20 Plot is also open to more than minor speculation. As...
  8. Plausibility Check: Sealion in 1941

    There can't be ANY sort of cross-Channel invasion (by either side) until the invader owns the air. End of line. The scope of any effort requires a massive amount of shipping. One of the real weaknesses of most Sealion scenarios is that they ignore one really important fact; you need LOTS of...
  9. How successful can Japan be in WW2?

    Preposterous. Japan couldn't support a force that far away from Japan for an extended period. As was several of the DD in the escort force were running on fumes when they reached port (and this was AFTER they had sailed with extra fuel stored in drums as deck cargo. The Kido Butai has lost...
  10. The American Empire, Part One - Eagle Rising

    Annex Korea or Japan? Not a chance in Hades. Allow the USSR to Annex Hokkaido. Not a thousandth of the chance of the U.S. doing it. Phone call to Moscow: "This is Stalin." "Mr. General Secretary, this is Harry Truman. One god damned Red Army soldier sets foot on Hokkaido and I'm going to...
  11. A different "Going Nuclear" in Korea...and other places?

    In order Happened IOTL No Hell no
  12. No ICBMs, More or Less Stable World?

    Actually Debt of Honor showed why it was a bad idea (even though the elimination of the ICBM was Reagan's lasting dream). It is virtually impossible to uninvent something.
  13. Russo-Japanese War questions

    Logistcally, I not sure that Russia could have FED 12 million people in a 30 square mile area in 1905, much less transport them there, provided them weapons, uniforms, etc. IOTL the Russian Military, TOTAL, was 2,000,000, most of them were partly trained cannon fodder using poor weapons. Most...
  14. A question for the WW2 nuts.

    Yea, I'd say December counts as late in the year.
  15. A question for the WW2 nuts.

    On the nose. The VT shell was rightly seen as a war changer. The Allied bomber offensive would have been severely impacted if the Axis had managed to get the VT tech. I'm pretty sure it wasn't even shared with the Soviets via Lend Lease. The Allies finally let it into the ground role after...
  16. WI you were Santa Clause in WW2 ???

    Yes it was. But not before VJ Day. ;)
  17. WI you were Santa Clause in WW2 ???

    In December 1941 the The Army gets a T-30 heavy tank USAAF gets a Wasserfall SAM USMC gets a F8B The USCG gets a shipping container full of penicillin and a deep fermentation Vat w/starter kit The USN get a FH Phantom The RAF gets a de Havilland Vampire The FAA gets a Sea Fury The RN gets a...
  18. WI you were Santa Clause in WW2 ???

    I thought it was ONE gift per service?
  19. WI you were Santa Clause in WW2 ???

    So December 1940 the The Army gets a M-26 Pershing USAAF gets a B-29D USMC gets a P-80B The USCG gets a box of VT Fuses w/instructions The USN get a F4U-4 with a complete loadout of 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rockets The RAF gets a Gloster Meteor The FAA gets a F4U-2 (the night fighter version) The...
  20. Der Manstein Kommt (Non ASB Seamammal) pre TL discussion

    Ah... But this is The Marine Mammal Whose Name Most Not Be Spoken. This is a horse (or pinniped) of a whole different color. :D
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