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  1. WI "Trinity" Nuclear Bomb test took place 1 month BEFORE the Yalta conference?

    That seems to be the accepted usage by most posters, based on my reading. I am not aware of a FAQ that gives any other definition.
  2. Mexican Border Skirmishes

    By your statement I guess you figure the Helo crew decided it was a good day to die? How prescient of you! I hope to God you weren't teaching those troops anything important! Everyone in the ROK knows not to "accidentally" cross the DMZ. If you are implying they were up there to do intel...
  3. WI: George W. Bush had an IQ of 180

    Thank you for the correction. (I should have remembered that! Grrr...) This further demonstrates my point.
  4. WI: George W. Bush had an IQ of 180

    I would go: Commie pinkos, Socialized anything (sounds too commie, or at least FDR Democratic), and then Nazi bastards. We hate 'em all, but you have to keep a sense of proportion.:D
  5. WI: George W. Bush had an IQ of 180

    First off - Jimmy Carter graduated 59th in his Class from the Naval Academy, which indicates he is far from dumb, as does his post grad work in Nuclear engineering and helped to establish the Nuclear Navy. He may have come off as a dumb peanut farmer, but was far from being one. GW Bush - I...
  6. Soviets win Afganistan

    Carlos, Welcome Aboard! How could Mondale/Ferrero win in 1984? Those two were perfect for any Republican cantidate to dismantle, but a sitting President would simply slaughter them. BTW: How in the name of Reagan's ghost did HAIG wind up as VP? IIRC Haig & Bush got along like cats in a sack...
  7. AH Challenge: WW I and II trade places

    Interesting Idea. I can't quite make it track. First off, Poland is Russia, Germany & Austria at the time of the 1st war, not an independent state. The rapid conquest of France is simply not possible, WW II style as the proper transport does not exist. This, BTW, is why Germany's 1914...
  8. Pacific War: Fewer islands, more hopping

    Midway didn't have that kind of parking space, even without considering the extra range needed. The United States needed the islands it took, from the 'Canal onward, for several reasons. 1) Every island taught the Corps a lesson that was needed later on (i.e. without Tarawa, how much...
  9. Hong Kong refuses to join China

    I may not have been clear. The PRC would NOT use WMD's first. They would have no reason to do so as their conventional forces have a decisive advantage. The US/UK would be the ones to initiate use. I have simply pointed out that, in this specific case, a single large weapon would easily...
  10. Hong Kong refuses to join China

    I truely hope that you are correct. I, unfortuntely do not find the Iranian motives to be quite so clear-cut (nor, I must add, harmless). I do believe that they share something with the NK's, sadly, this is not a desire for a deterrent, but fanaticism. The North Koreans are attempting to use...
  11. Mass Relocations

    The order is ruled unconstitutional in every court in the land. Local, State & Federal officals refuse to obey it. The morons who ordered it are impeached, tried in Federal Court for something inventive, Treason perhaps, or gross malfeasance in office, or violating the Oath of Office, and spend...
  12. Hong Kong refuses to join China

    The PRC would NOT have renewed the lease, regardless of the terms offered. The PRC's stated policy is to reunite ALL of what they perceive to be "China" under their banner, this is their lever for Tawian reunification. They back off on Hong Kong and that's it for reunification with Tawain. It...
  13. double blind: neanderthals go extinct.

    What would happen to Professional Sports? Or the Olympics? Can you imagine a Homo Sapiens throwing the the Shot 27.2 meters like Kragen Rookrey did in Athens?:rolleyes: Come on, you might as well cancel half of the events before 2008, maybe more if decide to wipe out Homo Erectus at the...
  14. Hong Kong refuses to join China

    Hong Kong as the 51st state? That by itself would be fascinating to debate. :D Unfortunately, there is a rather large hole in the "Hong Kong votes to stay part of the UK & China backs down" scenario. That is the matter of Face & political survival. Any PRC govenment that backed down would...
  15. WI "Trinity" Nuclear Bomb test took place 1 month BEFORE the Yalta conference?

    Well, that would be one hell of a secret to have been kept all these years. The Japanese, The Americans, The Soviets, & The British would all have to have been quiet as church mice to keep something that big under wraps. Not likely, too many people would know for it to be kept silent. Somebody...
  16. Hitler Occupies Iceland 1940 !

    If it had been possible it would have been very helpful to the Nazi's, and not just because it would make the Battle of the Atlantic that much more difficult. A base on Iceland would have given the Germans a much more accurate view of the weather heading toward Europe (like the 36 hours window...
  17. Spain attacks Gibraltar mid-20th C

    Wouldn't that be a nasty spanner to throw into the works mid Cold War! :eek: BOAR & the RN having to pull up stakes and head South, thereby leaving NATO shorthanded (at a time when the force correlation wasn't exactly in the West's favor) and the Sovs still feeling pretty frisky.
  18. HMS Hermes sunk by Argentinians

    The only reason that NATO wasn't involved in the Falkland's was that the British Government didn't ask the Alliance for help. The Falkland's ARE part of Britian, and it was only by the grace of God that the UK did not invoke any mutual defense treaties. If the posited scenario occured those...
  19. World War III starts in 1945

    Would it be the same political system that Italy has now? If it is, the Holy See would wait six months and talk to the next group to be voted in. If it's a dictatorship & the Holy See is actually allowed to retain City-State status? You would get a John-Paul II sooner, and Liberation...
  20. US/British War after WWI

    Anything is possible. The question is how likely it is. If you leave WW I as is, that requires a POD of 1918 or later. It also requires a state that has been bled white to enter into a state of war with a nation that has just had it's army blooded sufficiently to create a veteran cadre; the...
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