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But then the capitol would be on top of a bunch of missile silos (if it wasn't already  ).
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What would have been the repercussions of the Soviets developing the bomb five or ten years later than they did?
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Oxford Comma posted:I totally understand the reasons for it, but I'm still surprised the US didnt relocate its capital to Omaha during the Cold War. Don't/didn't we have some kind of crazy doomsday bunker under Cheyenne Mountain or something that was basically that, though? Basically a underground mini-congress plus white house for a post-nuclear situation where the Secretary of Agriculture is now the President and god only loving knows who is filling in for the various voting representatives of individual states? Not quite moving the capital to the middle of the midwest, but acknowledging that in the event of a decapitation strike they might as well push the new center of government someplace (relatively) safe.
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Jun 27, 2013 20:03
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Hey it worked moving the Capital of Upper Canada to Ottawa to keep the US from invading! (Because ottawa kind of sucks)
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Thwomp posted:But then the capitol would be on top of a bunch of missile silos (if it wasn't already There's an ICBM missile silo under the South Lawn
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Jun 27, 2013 20:07
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Cryano4747: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Greek_Island
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Ah, yeah, that's the one I was thinking of.
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I wondered about the Dead Hand, and I still wonder if it has been disabled or not. The entire twentieth century was basically run by spoiled children with dangerous toys, and it is incredible to me that we've survived.
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Jun 27, 2013 21:22
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Worthleast posted:The entire span of human history has been basically run by spoiled children with dangerous toys Fixed for you, the only difference with the 20th is that the toys got deadlier. gently caress, if anything the spoiled children quotient has been dialed way the gently caress back. I can't even begin to imagine a renaissance italy or medieval england with WMDs. Christ on a crutch, or reformation-era central Europe. Good lord 
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Jun 27, 2013 21:31
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Cyrano4747 posted:Fixed for you, the only difference with the 20th is that the toys got deadlier. Archaic Greece - there'd be a hell of a lot more destruction layers on Troy if Odysseus had made a Uranium horse.
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Vindolanda posted:Archaic Greece - there'd be a hell of a lot more destruction layers on Troy if Odysseus had made a Uranium horse. The Golden Horde with a couple tankers full of Sarin.
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Jun 27, 2013 22:25
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Cyrano4747 posted:The Golden Horde with a couple tankers full of Sarin. Laertes lobbing Davy Crocketts at the families of Penelope's dead suitors, totally blunting the Eupeithes chemical division attack.
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Jun 27, 2013 22:35
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Cyrano4747 posted:The Golden Horde with a couple tankers full of Sarin. Colonial Englishmen with weaponized smallpox.
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NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:What would have been the repercussions of the Soviets developing the bomb five or ten years later than they did? If you want to go wild and crazy, escalation of the Korean War into World War III with massive losses on all sides.
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PCjr sidecar posted:Colonial Englishmen with weaponized smallpox. We were talking about what-ifs, not actual history.
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Jun 27, 2013 22:55
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Grant with napalm.
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Jun 27, 2013 22:57
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Sherman with Shermans Cromwell with Cromwells Leopards with Leopards
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Jun 27, 2013 23:11
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Totally TWISTED posted:Sherman with Shermans Corsairs with Corsairs
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Totally TWISTED posted:Sherman with Shermans Abraham Lincoln with the USS Abraham Lincoln. Satan with SS-18 Satans. This is a brilliant idea for a photoshop thread.
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Jun 27, 2013 23:39
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Apaches with Apaches. 
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Jun 28, 2013 00:39
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iyaayas01 posted:the post I promised on nuclear strategy waaaaaaay back near the start of the thread that was.
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Worthleast posted:Abraham Lincoln with the USS Abraham Lincoln. Quick someone with actual skill start this up!
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Jun 28, 2013 00:51
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Dunno about the skill part but Santa Anna'd better look out!
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Jun 28, 2013 01:34
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grover posted:Dunno about the skill part but Santa Anna'd better look out! Hi there! Holy poo poo!
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Killed himself a bear indeed. 
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Cyrano4747 posted:Killed himself Fixed for accuracy.
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Jun 28, 2013 02:59
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Albatross makin it rain: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f3e_1372272483 It's like an ekranoplan, only useful, and can fly.
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Smiling Jack posted:Apaches with Apaches. Fags with Fagots  Cyrano4747 posted:Fixed for you, the only difference with the 20th is that the toys got deadlier. The other change is that the spoilt children are more sober now. From the neolithic to the 20th century (Churchill...), everyone in a decision-making capacity in the western world was drunk at the time. The third crusade makes a lot more sense when you realize that it was all planned by a bunch of drunken kids.
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Frozen Horse posted:The other change is that the spoilt children are more sober now. From the neolithic to the 20th century (Churchill...), everyone in a decision-making capacity in the western world was drunk at the time. The third crusade makes a lot more sense when you realize that it was all planned by a bunch of drunken kids. This is supremely wrong and you should hit yourself with a brick for believing such retarded nonsense.
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Frozen Horse posted:Fags with Fagots Alternately...with anti tank missiles? Which they'll need to go against Patton and his many different tank variants.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Don't/didn't we have some kind of crazy doomsday bunker under Cheyenne Mountain or something that was basically that, though? Basically a underground mini-congress plus white house for a post-nuclear situation where the Secretary of Agriculture is now the President and god only loving knows who is filling in for the various voting representatives of individual states? There was/is the Greenbrier
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Doctor Grape Ape posted:Albatross makin it rain: Pffft The Martin Mars is the only water bomber worth mentioning.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEeNmSOEgQY That sound 
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iyaayas01 posted:So to shift gears back to the original focus of the thread... Thank you for this! This is why I bookmarked this thread and spent many evenings reading through it all.
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Rodrigo Diaz posted:This is supremely wrong and you should hit yourself with a brick for believing such retarded nonsense. I wouldn't call it totally wrong - the macedonians made a LOT of decisions while drunk. Also there's a comedy writer (possibly Alan Coren) who wrote a hilarious article about how the conquests of Alexander were driven by a desire for more drink, and late on by him wanting the cities in front of him to be quiet for his hangover.
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Frozen Horse posted:The other change is that the spoilt children are more sober now. From the neolithic to the 20th century (Churchill...), everyone in a decision-making capacity in the western world was drunk at the time. The third crusade makes a lot more sense when you realize that it was all planned by a bunch of drunken kids. The Inebriati make the world work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIv96reVlAE Also if you ever want to reassure yourself that people in power are routinely drunk do like my wife did while in college and wait tables in a bar that services a nearby courthouse. The standard lunch for a judge was pretty much "three or four martinis and maybe a sandwich if they had room". Then it was back to the bench to decide your fate!
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EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:Is that supposed to happen? Yes, actually. The fuel mixture is set to rich, so on startup you tend to get a few brief flareups like that. The photographer probably just happened to catch it. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qhSZDIng_0
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New wallpaper, spitFIRE.jpg  (That is a Spitfire right?)
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It is. A Mk XVI, I think.
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