Recent content by cubefreak123

The Malta post has been officially retconned so arguing about its plausibility is a moot point. Continuing to dispute it is likely to only serve as a distraction from research and writing for the TL. Can we not take our opinions on the issue and set them aside?

Was this intended to be snarky?

Oof, that's brutal to hear but your willingness to change things based off new research is commendable.

OOC: Well no Bush means no Axis of Evil speech so it's possible that US-Iran relations are better than they were OTL, if nothing else more like they are right now (tense but we're trying to make it work). McCain would probably advocate peacekeepers in the north of Iraq though (the Kurds would...

Okay, unpopular opinion here, but I think that we might have gone into Iraq if Bush had won. Bush's VP, Cheney, was a neo-con with ties to oil companies. Combine that with Bush's own vendetta with Saddam and the fact that going into Iraq was strongly considered OTL and it might have actually...

You're gonna need to be a bit more specific on your question and it's generally considered good practice to offer your own two cents on the subject you're asking about.

I'd assume a lot like what the US in the Pacific felt after Okinawa or like after OTL battles in Huế or Fallujah. In any case you'd probably get a bigger celebration and sense of accomplishment when the city is finally taken.

China could be interesting.

Looks like they held onto most of Central Asia. Although maybe that's not surprising since they didn't have luck elsewhere they probably doubled down there and held on despite the breakup.

Wait, I thought there was still a rump North Korea or at least what was left was absorbed into the PRC. Did I miss an update on that?

Woah. His books were always enjoyable, plausibility tended to vary but still enjoyable. Rest in peace Mr. Conroy.

What about the knock-on effect of it though? IIRC the US not retaliating after the bombings was one of the inspirations to terrorists in the Middle East, even Bin Laden himself said as much in an interview. If there was a response it could have deflated at least some of the perceptions of a...

Minimal fuss...after a rather messy occupation for the decades prior that was only really alleviated after the US guaranteed eventual independence and worked with them to make sure they were prepared for it.

I wonder how good the OP's map making skills are... Also, I took a look at the size of a few major air forces and found that Russia would be in a position akin to Germany in WWII, they can field a lot of units initially but they can't take the same losses. The US alone has over 2x the...

China intervening over Taiwan would not be a good idea. China would be asking themselves, "Is Taiwan really worth tanking our economy over?" The answer is no. They can certainly provide some under-the-table aid to both sides to prolong the conflict and start asserting themselves in Asia more...