I'm glad some of us weren't around in WWII. The folks at home had to suffer through a lot of "inconveniences" so we could defeat Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan. Perhaps we should have just let those guys do their thing so Americans wouldn't be inconvenienced with things like gas, butter and copper shortages.
"The Proteus Operation" is an interesting book to read. It is a book about an alternate reality where Germany and Japan win WWII. In the book the Germans and the Japanese control the entire world except for the United States, but it's only a matter of time before they come for us. All of Africa is enslaved, as is most of the rest of the world. Einstein and a bunch of other scientist figure out time travel and send a Special Forces team back to 1939 to prevent Germany from developing the atomic bomb. I'm not going to tell you about the plot twist at the end, because some of you might want to read it.
It's really good, but it's also sobering about what could have been had we all not pulled together as Americans instead of bitchin' about everything. Thank God the folks who lived through WWII were hardened people used to living through tough times.
PS: I didn't watch the speech either, I went to the local bar to hang out with friends, watch the Artemis launch, listen to some live music and shoot some pool.
Last edited by Irishguy; 04/02/26 06:28 AM.
