OT Things that would never have happened

[mikeo80]

Olefin:

You could be very right. The election could have gone another way.

I am reminded of two past US Presidents in (somewhat) similar situations. They both won at the polls. I am thinking about Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and FDR in 1940. So it is possible that Bill would have President. (although, I shudder to think....)

Bin Laden did have his first big splash in Africa, but the Taliban was running wild in Afghanistan. The US might not have spared the effort to squash the Taliban, but it DOES pose an interesting idea to open a "front" on Russia's south side???

Somali's. yes they do not get going until later, but I can still see the US sparing some strength to make sure that WHATEVER shipping is left DOES NOT get poached. (Personnaly, I do not buy the almost TOTAL destruction of USN as proposed by T2K, but that is MHO.)

My $0.02

Mike