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  1. Bin Laden Retires, 1990

    If al-Zawahari really is the brains behind al Qaeda then I suspect he would just find another money man.

  2. western extremist retaliates

    A few thoughts on this .... 1) Al Qaeda's #2 guy has made claims that they have suitcase nukes. His statement was that with enough money on the Asian Black Market everything is available. I tend to believe that this statement is a gross overstatement. Certain nations have been working on...

  3. Next Confederate President

    Excellent point. I had forgotten about that and only looked at the "Born in Arkansas" part. Hmmm .... will have to replace him with another WW II general. Patton comes to mind ... his grandfather was in the Confederate army and with secession it is reasonable to assume the family never moves...

  4. Next Confederate President

    I'd like to propose my alternate list here .... 1862-1868 -- Jefferson Davis The Civil War is basically won in 1863 at Gettysburg. Lee is able to seize the Round Tops and shell the Union position. From there he marchs on Washington and sacks the city. The British officially recognize the...

  5. Next Confederate President

    ConfederateFly, a few problems with your list .... You have States Rights Gist serving 8 years instead of the standard Confederate 6. Rooney Lee died in 1891 in OTL. I'm assuming he lives longer in yours. John Breckenridge died in 1875 in OTL. Again, I assume he lives longer in yours.

  6. A Female President:Hillary Clinton vs Elizabeth Dole

    I think the easiest way to get a Hillary/Liddy election would be first to have Hillary be the Clinton who gets involved in politics. Instead of moving to Arkansas, they move to Illinois where Bill becomes a successful smooth talking trial attorney and Hillary wins a spot in the House. Over...

  7. Jesus Christ exiled instead of crucified

    A few thoughts .... I have heard it argued that the Gospels are written in such a way as to free the Romans from blame because Christianity still had to operate within the confines of the Roman Empire and if it were to gain any acceptance at all it could not blame the Romans. Personally I...

  8. WI Harry Truman killed on Western Front ?

    Well, first up who would take over the Senate committee which investigated waste and corruption in the military during WWII? It's estimated that he saved the nation $15 billion (that is roughly $160 billion in current $'s). Would someone else have been as effective and how much did this help...

  9. No 22nd Amendment

    How would a removal of the 22nd Amendment impact our history? Prior to FDR, all Presidents followed the 2-term tradition. Then, in 1947 the 22nd Amendment limiting a President to 2 terms was passed. Although technically Truman could run again in OTL, he backed out after getting stomped in...

  10. Operation Eagle Claw: American Hostages in Iran Rescued

    I think you see a slight increase in confidence in the military. It probably isn't enough of a boom though to give Carter the win in 1980. Iran and other Arab nations are less likely to lash out at the US. The '83 bombing in Lebanon probably never happens. If Carter does win in 1980 you...

  11. Double Challenge: 40 or 60 states

    Going to 60 States. 51) Lincoln -- Northern CA & some of OR 52) West (or North) Michigan 53) West Florida -- Panhandle is seperate state 54) Gotham -- Basically the City of NY breaks away from the state (this was discussed around the 1860's). 55) Zion -- State formed out of piece of UT by...

  12. O.J. Simpson.....GUILTY!

    If OJ had been found guilty I think there would be unrest, but not like the Rodney King trial. Rodney King was about a group of cops getting off after flagrantly battering a guy and getting got on tape for all of America to see. The OJ Simpson trial was about showing that with enough money you...

  13. President Perot

    A while back I had written a timeline wherein Perot became the Republican candidate in '92 and winning. In my ATL he was pretty much a disaster as President. His response to the collapse of the Mexican peso was to fortify the US-Mexico border.

  14. WI Nixon was smarter

    Can you tell I was bored today? POD -- 1974, no Watergate 1975 Saigon falls. Nixon expresses disappointment. Privately blames Kennedy & Johnson. 1976 The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution that proposes total Israeli withdrawal from Arab areas. The...

  15. Alternate Nuclear Powers

    Ok, I'm taking America, Germany, and Russia out of the mix. The POD must be from 1898 (birth of Leo Szilard) onward. ASB's don't count. Szilard must still do the pioneering work.

  16. Alternate Nuclear Powers

    Obviously the US was the first nation to develop the Atomic Bomb. And although we've all seen timelines wherein Germany of the Soviet Union develop the A-Bomb first, who else could have plausibly beaten the US to the A-Bomb. What would these ATL look like?

  17. Washington killed early on

    What if George Washington were killed early on during the American Revolution? Who would be the sucessor? Bendict Arnold? Charles Lee? How does the war progress without him?

  18. How to spot ATL immigrant

    In Washington DC .... *He asks you why there's a statue of Lincoln in the McClellan Memorial. *He asks why the Senate is in Washington instead of Rome. *He wonders why everyone calls the city of Lee by the name Washington. Don't they know it named for America's first President...

  19. Skull and Bones POD

    Translation ... "secret societies" sound like the Yale equivalent of fraternities at other schools.

  20. Skull and Bones POD

    While it certainly is fun to imagine that there's some little man (or group of men) behind the curtain pulling the strings of history I find it highly unlikely. Skull & Bones has enjoyed so much success because it only accepts children born into prominence. These people have a tremendous...
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