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  1. Revival of Mongolia as a military power

    I can't see a trivial detail like that bothering Stalin, if he wants a Greater Mongolian puppet state then that's what he will get. Of course there is no reason he would, or at least no reason he would put in the effort required given the negligible rewards.
  2. Revival of Mongolia as a military power

    Yep, China probably doesn’t even know its own population within one million. Mongolia is less than a rounding error to them.
  3. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Neither of these are murder. Do you not believe in intrinsic right and wrong? Why would I be blamed for Hitler's crime? Not an argument.
  4. The Anglo/American - Nazi War - The on-going mystery

    I remember reading an excellent book about Mobutu and his reign over "Zaire." The book claims that for the African ruler, dying exiled from his own country was the biggest disgrace of all. Now that you mention it, I do feel a little sorry for Molotov: he had to sell his people out to keep his...
  5. Janis Joplin survives

    What would have happened had Joplin survived her drug overdose? Her career was just getting started. How would she change music in the 1970's and beyond?
  6. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    At the point he says to fighting age males in Europe that their mission from God is to reclaim the holy land (nothing about defending themselves from aggression, by the way), describes the current inhabitants as a “wicked race” and “pagans” and offers a blanket pardon in advance if they die...
  7. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Kind of funny to imagine if this was a few hundred years ago we'd all be actively trying to kill each other and committing the most horrible atrocities imaginable even though we would by modern standards be sharing like 99.999 percent of religious beliefs. We'd be slaughtering each other...
  8. Little Rock Nine Massacre

    Query: What if evidence surfaced that the massacre was supported (at least indirectly) by the Soviets?
  9. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Well, if others don't abide by it I can't force them, it still doesn't change the argument that deliberately targeting civilians in war is wrong.
  10. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Yes. Plenty would,yes. A Hero. Also that. There is no contradiction. A policemen stopping a terrorist attack by lethal force is also both. Absolutly nowhere. Lines have no business in a just moral framework. Every situation, every life affected deserves a full evaluation of the specific...
  11. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    I'm just saying, expecting nations to follow it is just hopeless and pointless, even if you are in the unassailable moral right. It is just not relevant to how states conduct business.
  12. Revival of Mongolia as a military power

    Uhm...no. Mongolia is a slightly closer basing to parts of china, which are under massive nuclear threat anyways. Cuba was massivly closer basing to the USA then anything before (like...thousands of kilometers closer) and represented a new nuclear threat that didn't exist before. China may well...
  13. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Where did your teachers say that the goal was to kill noncombatants? Forgive me for being blunt again, but the justification for the war(s) themselves was distinct from their actual conduct. Why? The code is meant to apply to human organizations of any scale. To build on that and in connection...
  14. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    I see you are using the polite version of the speech. Pope Urban was a bit of a rabble rouser wasn't he.
  15. thezerech

    July 1917 Kadet Coup against Kerenksy?

    This is well said, the White Army was not the only force to engage in Pogroms, they all did (with perhaps the exception of the Ukrainian Galician Army), but the White Forces are matched only by the "Green" warlords in the blood on their hands. The prevalence of anti-semitic ideology among the...
  16. 1933-43: Italy remains on forefront of aviation?

    CR.42 is a goner, indeed. 'My' MC.200 of 1937 would've been powered by at least Isotta-Fraschini Asso IX (830-840 CV at 4000 m), or hopefully the I-F Asso L.121 (900+ HP at altitude; that engine was to power the hopeless Ca.165 biplane fighter that was not made (good), so the L.121 was also...
  17. SealTheRealDeal

    It's A Long Way To Nagasaki: The Anglo-Japanese War

    My understanding of Germany's 1930s strategic aims is that they want to: -liquidate Poland -settle the score with France -annihilate the USSR But (given their OTL negotiations with Poland for a joint attack on the USSR) they don't actually really care about the order they do that in. Fighting...
  18. RedKing

    The Plantagenet Succession

    True! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
  19. Julius Vogel

    A French New Zealand

    ...a while - if just because they would struggle to project the forces needed to break the various tribes. IOTL, Britain had Australia and India near* which assumedly helped. From an economic perspective too. That being said, like IOTL most of the South Island is relatively unpopulated and so...
  20. Map Thread XX

    Erm, thank you. Yes, it makes sense what you said. I might do a bit of retconning re colonisation further afield. Regards environmentalism - that is an ethic that is taken into account by the people who settle regions. As for culture, I am going to try and do some proper cultural backstory-ing...
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