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Aussie

Zyobot said:
'Less US Intervention In Middle East'. Maybe this is a PoD that's more fit for 'Chat' even though American meddling in that region goes back to at least the days of President Eisenhower (and maybe even further back than that), but still.
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Quite a way back, according to words of the Marine Hymn - “From the shores of Tripoli to ……. “
 
Grey Wolf

Grey Wolf

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Mitridates the Great said:
OTL because Bush accused Irak to support Al Qaeda in doing 9/11. So, no noticeable differences
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Iraq would be taken out in 2001, rather than the wait till 2003. The USA would have a casus belli and would not need to go down the whole weapons of mass destruction road. Afghanistan and the Taliban remain as they were, and are again now, without the US having any reason to get involved there.
 

roderickgibsono

I remember there was a timeline where Japan goes full social democratic and all war criminals of WW2 are prosecuted/executed but can't find it now. Anyone knows?
 

sampleswift

I've heard that "In the early 90s, Russia completely lost the ability to collect taxes and didn't get it back until a few years later (1993-94?) Is that true? Seems like being unable to collect tax revenue would cripple a country. "
 
Count of Crisco

Count of Crisco

sampleswift said:
I've heard that "In the early 90s, Russia completely lost the ability to collect taxes and didn't get it back until a few years later (1993-94?) Is that true? Seems like being unable to collect tax revenue would cripple a country. "
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I mean Russia was essentially crippled for much of the 1990's. Not sure that things went truly that far but the Russian states ability to collect revenue was severely limited for a long time. Thats largely a result of the fact that Russia was trying to build a tax base from scratch as prior to 1991 Russia had been a part of the larger USSR which operated a bit differently from the new state.
 

USS_Ward

AHQ/WI:

What if 1 or 2 Dido Class AA cruisers were assigned to provide AA cover for Force Z? Would having 2 dedicated AA cruisers (that proved their worth in the Med) change the outcome?
 
Grey Wolf

Grey Wolf

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USS_Ward said:
AHQ/WI:

What if 1 or 2 Dido Class AA cruisers were assigned to provide AA cover for Force Z? Would having 2 dedicated AA cruisers (that proved their worth in the Med) change the outcome?
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I guess the answer depends on if they can avoid getting sunk? Are they good at defending themselves as well as what they are escorting?
 

USS_Ward

Grey Wolf said:
I guess the answer depends on if they can avoid getting sunk? Are they good at defending themselves as well as what they are escorting?
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Considering the Dido class were the rough equivalent to the USN Atlanta class i would assume so? Im pretty sure a Dido class ship has better AA firepower then poor old Repulse.
 

nacaclanga

What happens if Hitler dies from a stroke on March 20 1993 and his successor does not denounce or break the German-Polish pact of non-aggression?
 
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