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Oh, this won't back fire horribly

Nope, nope, nope.
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Boy sure don't know Texans, does he?
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An additional thought: "Let's start a war of terror against a country that includes a large population of Comanches"
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randy wrote: Wed Dec 07, 2022 8:28 pm Boy sure don't know Texans, does he?
Forget Texans. People in general. When the "other" tries to make an example of you using the blood of their children, it turns a political dispute personal. Doesn't matter if it's Texans, Commache, Ukrainians, Hmong or Highlanders. It shows a serious lack of human social dynamics - Machiavelli had an excellent quote on this -
If an injury is to be inflicted on an enemy, it is to be so severe, that the enemy’s retaliation need not be feared.


All the frog in chief is doing starting a blood feud with an entire nation. Somebody might want to point out how they start, and how they end up - the Hatfield McCoy feud started over allegations over a stolen pig. It would up costing a dozen lives, 9 prison sentences, seven of which were for life, and one of the McCoys was hung.

Over stolen livestock.
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And, at the time, a large chunk of the population would have been survivors of a terror based war with the Comanche…

I take it this ends with “Texas East” in the depopulated ruins of France?
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Snippet deleted. See post for December 20, 2023 for details.
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Another military Sooper Genius in action
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randy wrote: Thu Dec 29, 2022 5:40 pm Another military Sooper Genius in action
The Italians were pretty dumb in our timeline too.
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Snippet deleted. See post for December 20, 2023 for details.
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No comments about the last snippet? Good, bad, magic brownies?
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