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  1. Cold War with a pro-Empire US policy.

    So? All nations have committed atrocities. America in the Phillipines and Vietnam, Germany in Europe and Namibia, France in Algeria, Spain in...lots of places. Starviking

  2. Map Thread III

    Clerics? Are you suggesting the take the Church of Ireland with them? That's ridiculous. How about the Ulster Problem? 1/3 of the island will not want to go.:confused: Edit: I've just realised you had the war over from 1917 - so the polarising effect of the 1918 Conscription Crisis won't...

  3. Irish support for IRA

    Doubtful. The IRA considered themselves to be the legitimate government of Ireland, based on their interpretation of the 1918 Westminster Elections. The Irish gov't would be funding their enemies. Now, if the Irish gov't was a Sinn Fein gov't that could throw things - the problem is that in OTL...

  4. Dominion of Ireland? WI Parnell hadn't had a fling?

    Well, before the divorce revelations, the First Home Rule Bill failed. Not a bad thing in my view as it prevented Irish MPs from sitting at Westminster. Seeing that Westminster would have retained a lot of powers that would be undemocratic. There was a lot of 'Orange' opposition behind the...

  5. WI the White Rajahs of Sarawak continued?

    Zanzibar became a victim of the cold war. Cuba was involved in the "revolution" that led to the fall of the Sultan there. The Malayan monarchies survived decolonisation well, as did Brunei's. Starviking

  6. WI the White Rajahs of Sarawak continued?

    North Borneo Federation Who knows, if the North Borneo Federation came to pass in the 60`s there might be a restoration or sorts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Borneo_Federation Starviking

  7. War on Terror Population Relocation

    The US didn't deport Okinawans, it was a resettlement programme. However, some now see it as a deportion. See http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp25.html Starviking

  8. No Irish potatoe famine?? Effect on American Civil War

    :rolleyes:I think you'll find that the official word on that from Ireland is: Yes they are! >No they arn't!! Yes they ****ing are!! >No ****ing way!!! Shut your gob you ****ing **ack ***tard! Who are you calling a **ack ***tard? Away back to **** you ***ian ***tard!!! (Thus starts the...

  9. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

    While the end of T3 was a surprise to me too, I was right pissed off at Cameron's philosophical switch. T2 ended with "the future is not yet written" - pretty hopeful. T3 ends by virtually endorsing predestination - pretty crappy.:( Starviking

  10. TSR-2 Built & in service

    There was a hell of a lot of money burned in cancellation costs for the TSR-2, and the money spent on the project up to cancellation was substantial. The figures given in 'Project Cancelled' by Derek Wood is in the 100s of millions of pounds range - that's probably a fair-few billions of pounds...

  11. Ireland gets the Union and Parliament

    As for a), perhaps there wasn't an England as a legal entity, but 'England' and 'Britain' were interchangeable to many at the time. b) I thought the main reason for the Union was to secure Ireland from foreign interference, what with the French role in the 1798 rebellion. Given the ongoing...

  12. Describe America at present in one word

    Deluded...

  13. What if Iraq army had better tanks and better trained Army

    Well, the Iraqis were looking to buy Hawk Trainers from the UK in the late 80s. It looked like they were going to get them too - until they murdered a U.K. based journalist on Saddam's orders. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farzad_Bazoft Starviking

  14. Japan carved up after WWII

    Well, there's the famous group identity which means that kids don't really step out of line unless they can count on some support. That cuts down on the general rowdyness. However, there is a hell of a lot of inattention in class...:mad: Starviking

  15. Japan carved up after WWII

    It's a deal! I'll get the 4 meters of snow sent off ASAP.:p I'm resident, teaching English to recalcitrant juveniles...:) Starviking

  16. Japan carved up after WWII

    Having a cup of coffee and dreading the arrival of the snow... Northern Japan has a lot of snow :( Starviking

  17. Japan carved up after WWII

    The problem is that Japan is very mountainous, with small plains in between the mountain chains. Hokkaido, the northern most island is less so, but there is still a lot of mountains there too. If, if the Soviets could land on Hokkaido then they're going to get isolated plains backed by...

  18. Mortar shells over Downing St

    The IRA kill the PM. Kinnock thinks "They've been weakened by the loss of John Major" and goes on the offensive. The public might see this as showing a lack of solidarity at the least, or working to the same goals as the enemy at worst. Don't forget that the Labour Party wanted a United...

  19. Mortar shells over Downing St

    No way. The IRA would have just won a propaganda coup (in their eyes), but the reality in Northern Ireland is there are more than enough troops and police to keep control. Internment will not be implemented unless the Republic of Ireland does too. NI-only Internment in the 70's was widely...

  20. Delaying the End of History: Bloodier 1990s

    Can't see it myself, things were beginning to quieten down in the 90's. You'd need something like heavy-handed Westminster repression and Irish government interference to get things going pear-shaped. Starviking
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