Old 02-09-2010, 21:21   #1
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Definitely agree opposable thumbs good, blue balls bad. The what if question is also possible without anachronisms...

What if the Mongols hadn't left a wide open Europe to crown the Khan's successor, or burned the great library in Alexandria?

What if Longstreet persuaded Lee to disengage, and force the Federals to attack them on a hill between Gettysburg and DC?

What if the Luftwaffe wasn't baited into bombing cities instead of RAF installations, or Hitler heeded his generals and bypassed Stalingrad for the Caucus oil fields?

What if the Japanese at Pearl Harbor also hit the naval fuel depots they ignored?

What if we had spent some money building schools in Afghanistan, as per Charlie Wilson after the Soviets withdrew?

It can go on and on....
What if Obama hadn't won in 08?
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Old 02-09-2010, 22:18   #2
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What if Obama hadn't won in 08?
I would still have job security.......LOL

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Old 02-09-2010, 23:22   #3
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I have always wondered what would have happened if America hadn't won independence from Britain. Would Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union have conquered the world?
If Democracy fails here, does it fail world wide?

All nations but 6, have adapted the US Constitution as a quide to building democracy and civil liberties. It's not perfect, but....
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