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What would the consequences of a US strike on an Iranian nuclear plant and airbase be?
What would the consequences of a US strike on an Iranian nuclear plant and airbase be?
Anger, saber rattling, some rockets fired at US troops, and denying the facility had anything to do with nuclear science.Top Gun: Maverick
What would the consequences of a US strike on an Iranian nuclear plant and airbase be?
Suddenly the American people would want to start up a war with Russia.Garth Ennis' 303 (comic). I think the assasination of President Bush by a rogue Russian soldier in the middle of the War on Terror will have a lot of consequences
Was this for all sides in the war?The Soldier Girls book trilogy is an alternate history series where women are formally allowed to take up combat positions in WW2, which would have a load of consequences.
Pretty sure it was just the US from 1942 onwards (well, and the USSR as per OTL ).Was this for all sides in the war?
I've heard meh things about this show, even from the people in my life who usually eat this kind of thing up, but I was impressed when one of them told me it's genuinely acknowledging its own alternate historical nature instead of just doing colourblind casting (which I would have no issue with, I'm just impressed that they took it further than most).One of the biggest online shows, Bridgerton is actually an alternate history. It proposes that Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, was actually black. As a result , in ASB fashion, British society is racially blind by the 19th century. #Bridgerton
Also, how come no one mentions the Soviet Union, France or China?Given the fact that AFAIK they're not even trying I'll be surprised they get it. As far as I recall, the operational plan was to evacuate the United States, and only the United States, into space. Perhaps to some British to be able to say that they help the allies. But that's it. The rest of the planet can die of disgust as far as this America is concerned.
One of the biggest online shows, Bridgerton is actually an alternate history. It proposes that Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III, was actually black. As a result , in ASB fashion, British society is racially blind by the 19th century. #Bridgerton
If your a fan of apocalyptic nuclear TV try Threads, it's on YouTube in full, as well as lots of clips. Be warned its graphic for its time 1983 and it's very dark. It fairly unique it shows the lead up, the war and the aftermath for a decade or so around Sheffield UK.There's several I can think of:
1) War of the Worlds (1953): how long did it take the Martians to start dying, and when did the last invaders arrive? Then there's picking up the pieces afterwards, likely turmoil in the Soviet Bloc, French and British Colonies declaring independence-and not much that could be done about it, trying to reverse-engineer Martian tech, etc. (and how would we know they were Martians?).
2) Countdown to Looking Glass (1984): Did the Superpowers go down the slippery slope to general war, or did cooler heads prevail?
3) Amerika (1987): What happened after the Battle of Milford? Did the spark of revolution start to spread, despite what the Soviets were hoping?
4) By Dawn's Early Light (1990) Several things here: Did the Soviet Union come apart-and how bloody was it? Fighting in Europe-conventional, nuclear, or a bit of both? Situation in the U.S: Martial Law, perhaps? And how to bring U.S. forces home from overseas to help in rebuilding?
5) V (the TV series, 1984-5): What happened after the cease-fire? Since the Leader initiated the cease-fire, he's understood that the war on Earth has gone very bad, and that there's no chance of an outright victory and his forces are being bled white. Earth's terms for a peace agreement are likely to be very serious from the Visitors' POV, but returning the people who were "processed" into cold sleep for eventual consumption/breeding/slave labor, reparations for the material damage (destroyed cities, infrastructure, etc., and return of the water (if possible). And how would the peace be kept? Earth's military forces are likely to start thinking about turning the Solar System into a fortress so that it never happens again-even if it means using captured/transferred Visitor tech as a basis for going forward.
6) War of the Worlds (2005): Similar to 1953 in many respects: post-invasion conflicts are a certainty, rebuilding is going to take a while, and then there's trying to find out who they were, how long were those tripods buried, and are there more, just waiting? And how fast can we get back into space to at least have some early warning?
7) Battle: Los Angeles (2011): The Battle in L.A. is turning in the Marines' favor, but it's going to be a tough slog. Same thing in the other invasion sites. Now, who are the invaders? Where are they from? We know what they want-our water and us out of the way. Do they have ships in orbit or past the Moon, still watching and waiting? And after the invasion is defeated, what's next?
Well, let's consider that it's the world of 1952, so racism and anti-Semitism were still well-regarded. But yes, it sounds horrible anyway.Also, how come no one mentions the Soviet Union, France or China?
To makes matters worse, just consider how terribly racist and anti-Semitic this would seem to the world's population. Some nutjob wants to commit global genocide because of Hiroshima, ignoring the genocide committed against China, Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. To make matters worse, it wasn't the mass slaughter of Jewish people by Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union. For them, it was completely acceptable...
Typical rabid anti-US/anti-Western logic tbh.I would also add that the guy suffered from a raging American-centrism as evidenced in step 3 of his plan.
Curiously the author, and also the guy who launches the meteorite, are both American. So I guess is self-hate?Typical rabid anti-US/anti-Western logic tbh.
In my experience, some of the most virulent, hypocritical anti-Westerners are ones from Western nations themselves. With America in particular it's often a reflection of American exceptionalism, with it being instead only America can do bad and everyone else is just a victim of it. Though this veering into chat.Curiously the author, and also the guy who launches the meteorite, are both American. So I guess is self-hate?