that could've blown up if public opinion went the wrong way
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
Harry Turtledove wrote an alternate history where the UK and France help the CSA win the war
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and as a result the USA allies with their enemy, Prussia
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and in this version of WWI the USA is on Germany's side and the CSA on the Allies'
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Replying to @marcushjohnson @smoothkobra
yeah in our history the USA is on the Allies side bc they're one of the wealthy successful nations
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
in this history the USA becomes one of the countries with a chip on their shoulder
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both countries end up worse, the CSA still has slavery and is quasi feudal and the USA ends up going semi fascist
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Replying to @arthur_affect
i just made a note to read that. alternate timelines are fascinating to me. even something like "what if gore won"
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Replying to @marcushjohnson @smoothkobra
yeah assuming 9/11 still happened what would he do differently
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Gore wasn't a pacifist saint but he didn't personally hate Saddam Hussein
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Replying to @arthur_affect @smoothkobra
the pivot from going after bin Laden to invading Iraq only makes sense in Bush's head
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i wonder what gore would have done with all of the money and political capital that went into iraq/afgan. wasted.
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