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  1. conventional ww3

    A bit of both. The dates are based on the relative balance of forces available to both side, the qualitative advantage than the NATO forces had during the different time periods, and, in large part, the condition of the U.S. military at the time. As an example, in 1950-55 the US (and the rest...
  2. AH challenge - beating the Chinese back to the Yalu

    Take the Chinese at their word. Stop 51 miles south of the Yalu. Prepare defensive positions in depth. Remember that Barbed Wire and concrete are cheap. Build up supplies, then build up some more. When you thing you have twice what you will need, double it. Wait for good flying weather...
  3. conventional ww3

    Depends on the year, how effective the Soviets were at hiding the build-up of forces, and how willing the NATO member states are to accept that the war is about to start. Overall, given optimal conditions (no nukes)? 1945-50 - Draw with Germany in Soviet hands. 1950-55 - USSR 1955...
  4. Alternate conception of beauty

    Beauty Standards change with the wind. Tall Blonds? VERY nice. Tiny Viets? VERY nice. Come back in a week and it will be six foot tall 15 year old Brazilians (or was that LAST week?). Week after that it will be 85 pound heroin addicts. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda Exotic will always be big. Blonds are...
  5. US military dictatorship

    Turkey's military reserves the right to defend the secular nature of the state. Each time someone tried to drag the country into an Islamic style state, the military acts to DEFEND the constitution, which promises a secular state. Once things are calmed down, the military steps aside. Changes...
  6. US military dictatorship

    LOTS of Alien Space Bats. EVERY mamber of the U.s. Military, Federal employee & the vast majority of Local & State employees, including law enforcement takes this oath USC Sec. 502 01/03/05 TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A...
  7. Vinland...... kinda

    Every POD as some promise. The question is do you have one that needs ASB's to function? (if so, we have a forum just waiting for it!:) ) This one has some huge possibilities. Even if the Viking influence is effectively bred out over the generations a colony (or better, several colonies) with...
  8. WI: Israel withdraws

    As I said I truly hope you are correct. Time will tell, and I do not think time is on our side in this one.
  9. WI: Israel withdraws

    I do not believe that I mentioned another bloody war with Iran. If I wanted one to occur, which I don't, that ship has sailed with the Bush Administration's folly in Iraq. I do not believe I even mentioned regime change, although that would be a benefit for all, not in the least the Iranian...
  10. WI: Israel withdraws

    I assume you will then advise me to learn about smoking from the tobacco lobby, drinking from the liquor lobby, the benefits of Gun Control from the NRA, and the overwhelming importance of Freedom of Speech and rest of the Bill of Rights from Dick Cheney. I am sorry to say that I prefer my...
  11. No McArthur

    As alternitive he could fall down a flight of stairs on November 20 & break his bloody neck. In that case Bataan may never fall, seeing how Wainwright could find his head with both hands AND a mirror.
  12. WI: Israel withdraws

    Do you think that Iran will hesitate for a minute WHEN it gets the capability to Nuke Haifa & Tel Aviv? That is the same as expecting a starving man to refuse food. Iran is THE real enemy of Civilization. Saddam was a two-bit dictator with illusions, Kim is a simple wack job, bin Laden is...
  13. WI: Israel withdraws

    Right. BTW: The check is in the mail. I'm from the government & I'm here to help you. I'll pull out, I swear!
  14. 1 or more woman disciples were recorded.

    The problem will, as happened IOTL, occur when the Church expands outside of the original middle east cradle. We really do not know what existed before Paul, followed by the Council of Nicea, came in and "trimmed the fat" off of the Canon. We do know that Paul radically altered many of the...
  15. No McArthur

    You think that much of him? Best thing that could have happened to McArthur was for the PT boat to have sunk on the way out of PI. Give his family the Medal of Honor and save several tens of thousands of men.
  16. Allies reach Berlin first.

    The United States was also close to the bottom of the manpower barrel. We had started to reclassify "4F's" with such maladies as corrected club feet, with an eye to releasing able-bodied men from non-combat duties to the "Repple-Depple". The United States was massing men to finish off the...
  17. Allies reach Berlin first.

    Why the hell would the Allies WANT to take Berlin? The uranium Oxide wouldn't have helped the Soviets that much if Western Intel had stopped the Soviet spy rings from robbing Manhatten blind. The Soviets took god-awful losses taking Berlin, Then they had to give 3/4 of it back to the...
  18. Could Weapons affect geography?

    Even if you COULD use a nuke to set off a quake you would need to get it to burrow down about 15 miles first, that's the depth where quakes start. If you want to flood the planet you need to melt the Antarctic ice cap. The Arctic will be a ripple compared to that.
  19. To Stirling

    There is some fairly decent evidence that Celtic Crosses per-date Christianity. There are certain parts of the Old Religion that would fit well with the cross, not as a symbol of ressurection, but other elements of the faith.
  20. Iran - Afghan war 1998

    The U.S. will be ok in Afghanistan as long as they don't manage to get the "occupier" label dropped on them like happened (due to our own ham-handed tactics) in Iraq. As long as they are seen as keeping the Taliban at bay, things will be smooth. The day that changes is the day for NATO & the...
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