Recent content by Binky the Clown

I think Hussein's brother-in-law Adnan Khairallah would work quite nicely.

Oso ("Bear") Type: Main Battle Tank Place of Origin: Spain Service History In Service: 1979-Present Used By: Spanish Army Wars: Spanish-Moroccan War (1975-1991), Spanish Revolution of 1992 Production History Designer: Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara de Industrias Militares SA Manufacturer...

Even if the government started subsidizing passenger rail sometime after around 1958 or so, it's likely you'd only have a handful of railroads still in the passenger business. Only the very largest passenger carriers (NYC, PRR, NH, AT&SF, etc.) would probably still operate trains; smaller roads...

Reagan and the GOP had zero interest in privatizing Amtrak: their plan was to shut it down and dissolve it, leaving all passenger service in the hands of local agencies like SEPTA, METRA, New Jersey Transit, Metro North, etc. If Reagan's plan had come to fruition, then long-distance passenger...

The only scenario I can think of off the top of my head is having Nadhim Kazar's coup against Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr and Saddam Hussein succeed. Kazar was probably the highest ranking Shiite in the Iraqi Ba'ath Party and head of the Directorate of General Security, as well as one of Saddam...

I've heard that one, too. Alot of historians say that loyalty to "the cause" was greatly overblown and if a plebiscite had been held by Dewey, a vote in favor of annexation (albeit by a slim margin) would've been the likely outcome.

On May 10th, 1945 President Dewey approved JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff policy) 1067 which directed the U.S. forces of occupation in the Confederate States to "...take no steps looking toward the economic rehabilitation of the Confederacy [nor steps] designed to maintain or strengthen the...

Great job, Kaiser! I really enjoyed your posts on the German-Arab Split. :D I honestly hope, however, that the U.A.R. is able to survive until the present day - it's only fair that a group that got shafted IOTL is able to come out on top ITTL. As for Frankie, I've got an old draft of mine with...

That is once major clusterfuck. :eek:

It looks like the Veternarian is about to pull off the landgrab of the century! :eek:

This can only end well. :rolleyes:

A riveting update, Kaiser! Things are going to be very tense in Algeria for the next couple of months, that's for sure.

"The Arab Republic of Hejaz and Nejd"

Nasser explicitly referred to a Fascist coup d'etat. I have a feeling Vichy is behind whatever is going on in Algeria.

I'm so glad my fishing trip ended, 'cause those were some good updates/previews. :D I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in Algeria, as well as what will happen to Klaus in the future. Hopefully he can get out of that madhouse known as Der Reich soon enough.