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  1. Juniper Mackenzie

    Wow! You REALLY dislike 'ol Juney don't you?:D
  2. AH Challenge: Ending WW2 by October 1944

    The Kreigsmarine was neve considered a threat to Overlord. The U-boat menace would not be affected by the defeat of the Surface fleet (as was the case IOTL). France not making the gesture of surrender, would not alter German dispositions in any significantly positive way for the allies...
  3. The War of Mexican Intervention? (~1995)

    Where do you get a larger budget from? Even if all the Pan-American countries are EQUALLY wealthy as the U.S. (which is a practical impossibility given popultion density & resourse availability) the relative budget would, at best, remain the same. What this particular event really means is...
  4. What if the dinosaurs had never died out?

    Exactly. All that died out was one branch of the "Dinosaur" group. It was the most spectacular branch, but the most advanced branch (the "raptors" of movie fame) survived and thrive to this day. I had some Kentucky Fried dinosaur tonight. Finger lickin' good!:D
  5. The War of Mexican Intervention? (~1995)

    I respectfully disagree. When a nation state, especially one that has an overall successful history, changes it's constitution to the degree that is effectively ceases to exist as an independent nation, that is a fall. The govenment proposed in the recent post would abolish the United States as...
  6. WI titanic didn't sink?

    Slept through Biology did we? Basic math as well? Well, here a quick refesher: 1517 people died. As an arbitrary figure, let's assume that 1/2 of these were beyond child bearing/raising age (not unreasonable, given the cost of sailing on the vessel). Let us further assume that these 759 have...
  7. AH Challenge: Ending WW2 by October 1944

    Interesting timeline. It is unsupportable by anything outside of ASB's, but it is interesting. A few points: Insufficent forces AND lack air supremacy would have made an July '43 landing in France a disaster for the Allies. In December 1941 the only American carriers in the Pacific...
  8. German-Japanese Invasion of America!

    It's pretty tough to hide the construction of a massive naval force, especially in Europe. Only so much in the way of deep water harbor to float the big boys & much of it is shared by merchant shipping. You are right that any attack would be utterly hopeless.
  9. Juniper Mackenzie

    I get the overall impression that there is strong strain of Renn Faire running throughout the books. It's very much up front in some ways (the whole Portland gang is very in your face), more subtle in others. The Wiccan influence is very strong in the Faire world (despite being around a thousand...
  10. German-Japanese Invasion of America!

    Invading a CONTENTIAL LAND MASS with your nearest staging area 2800 miles away makes Se... er, the mammal which can not be named look like stepping into the shower. While I will agree that the folks on the board who think that they could turn back a determined invasion force in 2006 with...
  11. Early End to World War One

    Peace as you outlined (or any less than decisive peace), means a second war, same as IOTL. The issues surrounding the war would still be unresolved, much of the wholesale slaughter never happened, and no one's broke. You still get WW II, perhaps a few years sooner or, god forbid, a few years...
  12. The War of Mexican Intervention? (~1995)

    Just a quick note: The United States could not join that form of an alliance without eliminating the entire Constitution. Has the United States fallen so far that it's ready to eliminate itself? Previous post's do not so indicate.
  13. Challenge: American invasion of the USSR

    That's a bet I would suggest you do not make. When it comes down to live or die, people do REALLY STUPID THINGS! Especially if you are talking hard-liners who are desperate to hold onto power at any cost.
  14. German-Japanese Invasion of America!

    That's "YE" of little faith. Oh, and it's HITLER with one "T" This scenario has so many holes in it that I can't even figure out where to begin. I'll just give a quote: "At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some...
  15. Challenge: American invasion of the USSR

    Welcome to the board. That extremely well known plan makes up a good part of the opening of Red Storm Rising (which I mentioned previously as well as the original version of the War Game Harpoon). Problem with it is that it was generally accepted that it would lead to at least a tactical...
  16. WI No Center for Science in the public interest

    The group is about as long term effective as a guy trying to empty the Mississippi River with half of a walnut shell. Remember the whole movie popcorn thing? They created this big media storm; theaters introduced Air-popped popcorn. It tasted like cardboard, NOBODY bought it, and we're back...
  17. Challenge: American invasion of the USSR

    And His/Her Majesties' forces LIKED being there? From my (admittedly limited) reading on the matter, the Brit's HATED dealing with the Boer's (although starting the 1st concentration camps was a nice touch) & the Malay situation was not exactly the favorite of the High Command either. Both of...
  18. Challenge: American invasion of the USSR

    This come as a surprise to the American Indian, the residents of the Philippines, the forces of the Democratic Republic of Korea, and the insurgents that got killed TODAY in Iraq & Afganistan. I am unaware of ANY country that LIKES to get bogged down in a low intensity insurgency. Is it...
  19. Challenge: American invasion of the USSR

    Amen to that! Why invade? Unless it's at the end of a "Red Storm Rising" style WW III, what does the U.S. gain? Another trait that Russians & Americans share is being pragmatic. Why fight with little to gain & possibly MUCH to lose?
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