How would history be differnt if the people who want us out of Afghanistan…

Posted: September 25, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Were in charge during other wars:

1776: We would be celebrating Boxing Day on December 26 and John Adams and George Washington would be buried in Unmarked graves

1813: The Ohio river bounds the boarder between the US and Canada (The British negotiates as a Sine qua non demanded an establishment of a buffer state in the Northwest See Pratt’s Preble’s boys 1950 p 393 GREAT book. My review here.)

1846: Sorry this war was one of almost continual victory, even these guys couldn’t stop it.

1863: The US’ Southern Border would be Kentucky and Missouri and Maryland and Southern Americans live under the stars and bars and St. Andrew’s cross.

1877: Montana would belong to the Sioux (assuming the treaty was kept, that’d be a first”)

1898: Yup too Much success couldn’t have stopped that.

1905: Philippine independence in 1905, Japanese occupation of same before WWI (this was remember during the height of the age of Imperialism)

1918: Germany owns large chunks of present day France and Belgium. The imperial German empire grows and a permanent rivalry exists between the British & German empires. (Preventing Indian Independence) Positive side effects: Soviet Russia shares a border with a very powerful Imperial Germany and a certain Austrian Corporal joins the Austrian VFW, goes back to his job hanging paper, sharpening his Dancing skills.

1942: England falls or makes peace with Germany. Vichy France IS modern France. Russia either falls or makes peace with Germany. The Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) is Japanese , China is Japanese, the Philippines are Japanese. Siberia is Japanese. Ethiopia is Italian.

1948: Korea is united under the Dear Leader

1962: Russian Missiles are permanently based in Cuba

1973: We’ve already seen it

1982: Grenada is a Marxist dictatorship

1989: The Berlin wall is still up and the Cold war is still on

1991: Saddam’s 19th province Kuwait is placed under the tutelage of his sons

2002: The Taliban never loses power in Afganistran

2003: Saddam is still in power

2006: Al Qaeda controls Iraq

2009: We will soon see. God help us.

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