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Preparations The decision Lincoln made to assume command was one he did not arrive at easily. He was well aware of his flaws, and knew that his lack of military experience was a severe hindrance to the role that he sought to cast for himself. He’d even previously joked about that very fact...

So this is a story I've had on my mind for a while now. I figured it was better to post something so it wasn't sitting around on my hard drive, cause at least this way it might inspire someone to write a better thing than me. Credit to Lincoln, by David Herbert Donald for giving me the idea in...

Wait, I'm confused. Is this supposed to be China, or is this a leftover from a different draft/story? Because I thought Japan was already firmly committed to the Allied side by this point. They're invading China together after all.

He (Conrad Von Hotzendorf) had pushed for a preventative war against Italy to cut their rising influence during the Italo-Turkish War/Bosnian Crisis. That seems like one of the more possible opportunities for such a war. You'd probably need some shift in the internal political dynamic to tip...

Well, i guess those predictions of season 4 being a civil war arc were just wrong. Final episode helped a little bit, but I'm still standing by the majority of what I said when it comes to the domestic side of season 3.

Hm, maybe it's just me but I feel like the domestic stuff has been the weaker part of the season. It could be that it's because I went in expecting more regular politics, Michener growing into the office of President as he copes with the challenges of rebuilding the country, only to be...

"We will build a wall, and we will make America pay for it!" That's the most important thing I took for this most recent episode. Welcome to the Disunited States of America: Civil War Mk 2 Electric Boogaloo

Well then, that was an episode. Conspiracies beginning to unravel, the plot still has momentum even after the kidnapping that fired off the seas (Which is good. It couldn't have carried the show an entire season) On the downside....

Oh dear, this is going to be fun then. Well, I suppose we'll see whether Bin Laden has a more successful run than OTL, and if he'll be able to use the Cold War to play both sides off of each other and further his own agenda.

Well, besides once again spelling 'analysts' wrong, a very interesting update all around. So China was working in India to strengthen their own position, which led to an escalation of tensions that, in addition to the Iraq situation, pushed Iran and Pakistan into the arms of China? Interesting...

I appreciate the map. Honestly, I expected more things to go wrong during that escape. I guess we can count ourselves lucky (Besides the whole multi sided civil war, which is decided not lucky for anyone involves)

So, it looks like NATO is GTFOing out of Iraq, at least for now. Hardly a surprise there, since being in an embassy in the middle of a warzone isn't fun. I'm just wondering what else will go to hell, and will it happen in such a manner that we can get a blockbuster Hollywood hit out of it. :D...

Having just finished up a Middle Eastern politics class, I am of course interested to see things going down in the Middle East. So, we've got both of Saddam's sons versus each other, versus Islamic radicals, versus presumably the Kurds, while the rest of the Middle East watches on and throws...

Well, other than the fact that you misspelled 'analysts' in the last paragraph, this was a good chapter. Things are certainly heating up, fingers crossed for no major wars breaking out just yet.