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Post by Zyobot on Mar 8, 2020 21:41:39 GMT
'George W. Bush Debates Better In 2004'. Yes, yes, I know he ultimately won even with his subpar debate skills relative to Kerry, even if it was still by small margins in both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
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Post by Zyobot on Mar 9, 2020 23:38:15 GMT
'General Patton Lives'.
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Post by lordroel on Mar 10, 2020 4:43:22 GMT
That is going to be interesting 5 years later, he and MacArthur in Korea. |
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Post by Zyobot on Mar 10, 2020 20:14:21 GMT
'RFK Never Assassinated'.
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Post by Zyobot on Mar 12, 2020 15:35:42 GMT
‘President Ron Paul’. I wonder if with some finagling, he could somehow get the Republican nomination in 1988. Considering the more Reaganite direction the GOP has taken and George H.W.’s credentials, though, I’m guessing that said preemptive tweaks will need to be considerable.
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Post by lordroel on Mar 12, 2020 15:45:02 GMT
‘President Ron Paul’. I wonder if with some finagling, he could somehow get the Republican nomination in 1988. Considering the more Reaganite direction the GOP has taken and George H.W.’s credentials, though, I’m guessing that said preemptive tweaks will need to be considerable. How would he handle the Gulf War. |
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Post by Zyobot on Mar 13, 2020 1:37:05 GMT
‘President Ron Paul’. I wonder if with some finagling, he could somehow get the Republican nomination in 1988. Considering the more Reaganite direction the GOP has taken and George H.W.’s credentials, though, I’m guessing that said preemptive tweaks will need to be considerable. How would he handle the Gulf War. Based on his record, I think he’d opt to be a non-interventionist. But maybe pragmatism might force his hand, just this once. |
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Post by lordroel on Mar 13, 2020 9:31:44 GMT
How would he handle the Gulf War. Based on his record, I think he’d opt to be a non-interventionist. But maybe pragmatism might force his hand, just this once. he will allow Iraq to annex Kuwait, that will give a signal to other countries to do the same like China with Taiwan ore North Korea with South ?Korea. |
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Post by Zyobot on Mar 13, 2020 14:27:27 GMT
Based on his record, I think he’d opt to be a non-interventionist. But maybe pragmatism might force his hand, just this once. he will allow Iraq to annex Kuwait, that will give a signal to other countries to do the same like China with Taiwan ore North Korea with South ?Korea. That's not what I said. What I said was that he might concede and get the US involved just this once, but would otherwise opt to keep the US as noninterventionist as humanly possible. Of course, Cold War geopolitics and the American war machine would probably force his hand more than once, but I doubt he'd be as eager to warmonger as, say, G.W. Bush in Iraq. |
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Post by lordroel on Mar 13, 2020 14:37:57 GMT
he will allow Iraq to annex Kuwait, that will give a signal to other countries to do the same like China with Taiwan ore North Korea with South ?Korea. That's not what I said. What I said was that he might concede and get the US involved just this once, but would otherwise opt to keep the US as noninterventionist as humanly possible. Of course, Cold War geopolitics and the American war machine would probably force his hand more than once, but I doubt he'd be as eager to warmonger as, say, G.W. Bush in Iraq. Well it also depends if he get more than 1 term in office. |
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Post by Zyobot on Mar 13, 2020 18:16:47 GMT
That's not what I said. What I said was that he might concede and get the US involved just this once, but would otherwise opt to keep the US as noninterventionist as humanly possible. Of course, Cold War geopolitics and the American war machine would probably force his hand more than once, but I doubt he'd be as eager to warmonger as, say, G.W. Bush in Iraq. Well it also depends if he get more than 1 term in office. That's true. I'm not sure whether Paul would be remembered well by the general public, but the rest of the Cold War-era political class might opt for someone to replace him. |
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Post by Zyobot on Mar 14, 2020 23:39:42 GMT
'More Widespread Nuclear Power'.
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Post by lordroel on Mar 15, 2020 7:26:53 GMT
'More Widespread Nuclear Power'. Would that also mean more Widespread anti-Nuclear opponents. |
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Post by stevep on Mar 15, 2020 10:56:33 GMT
'More Widespread Nuclear Power'. Would that also mean more Widespread anti-Nuclear opponents.
Almost certainly. Whether or not there were any additional nuclear accidents due to the greater use of nuclear power.
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Post by Zyobot on Mar 15, 2020 13:44:45 GMT
Would that also mean more Widespread anti-Nuclear opponents.
Almost certainly. Whether or not there were any additional nuclear accidents due to the greater use of nuclear power.
Nuclear releases net-zero emissions and is arguably far safer than options like coal and oil, is it not? Plus, at least as I understand it, the nuclear waste can be used as yet more fuel for the power plant that produces it (though international compacts seem to prohibit this). |
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