We know that in the past ten years (70's) the United States self-esteem was very low with highlights such as Watergate, The oil embargo, Nixon resigns, Veatnam, Pong, etc. The U.S. was in a slum.
1980 Winter Olympics come. We boycotted the summer ones because they were in Moscow, and we hated those commie bastards. The Soviets were hevily favored to win the gold. But the U.S. had a well grouped team of collage kids and in the final of the 1980 we beat the Soviets. This started a chain of events that would eventually lead to the downfall of the Soviet Union.
But...
What If we lost...
1980 Winter Olympics come. We boycotted the summer ones because they were in Moscow, and we hated those commie bastards. The Soviets were hevily favored to win the gold. But the U.S. had a well grouped team of collage kids and in the final of the 1980 we beat the Soviets. This started a chain of events that would eventually lead to the downfall of the Soviet Union.
But...
What If we lost...