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[King Zultan]

Wasn't expecting to see both China and North Korea ditch change ideologies in the same updated.

[EuchreJack]

Lose one Asian domino, gain two?
(Someone's winning at dominos!)

[Tok'ra Operative]

World War III - Global Crusade Against Communism

It is now December 1st, 1990. The past month of November had been very volatile with the United States leading a new global campaign against Communism. Cuba was the first to fall in this new crusade and now Democratic Socialist China having agreed to temporarily ally with the United States for the duration of 1990 has agreed to take the lead in invading Vietnam the only Indochina country remaining under communist rule. By this point the Vietnamese People's Army suffered 10% losses and their will to fight is slowly beginning to drop. The Soviet Union launched a failed military strike against Germany which retaliated with a successful attack of their own against the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is readying a coup attempt against China which will definitely complicate things in Vietnam if they succeed and naturally good 'ol Saddam Hussein is on the brink of invading Saudi Arabia which is bad news for them since the Third World War forced the United States to divert troops and aid from Operation Desert Shield in favor of containing the Soviet threat. Most notably the Soviet Union now has the lowest rank on ethics and highest on ambition making them them the number one bad guys in the world.

U.S. Invasion Of Cuba

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Sino-American Invasion Of Vietnam

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Soviet-German military clashes

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State Of Affairs

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[King Zultan]

Seems like there are going to be multiple fronts to this world war, hopefully we've got enough troops to cover them.

[Tok'ra Operative]

World War III - Iraq Invades Kuwait and Fall of Vietnam

It is now Christmas Eve 1990! The Third World War is unfortunately ongoing so many families will be celebrating Christmas without their loved ones this year due to deployment for war. On the bright side however our Global Crusade Against Communism is becoming an overwhelming success. The C.I.A. has sponsored coups against the remaining Communist states in Africa plus the Communist government in Afghanistan has been overthrown by Mujahideen guerrilla who have established a new dictatorship under Imperialist ideology. Not exactly good guys and they could be a problem later on but at least they aren't allied with the Soviet Union our primary enemy right now. Best of all, Communist Vietnam has surrendered unconditionally to the United States and our Democratic Socialist Chinese allies which has eliminated Russia's last stronghold in Indochina. Now the Communist Bloc is limited only to the Soviet Union and Soviet-Occupied Japan. Meanwhile Saddam Hussein's Iraq has invaded Saudi Arabia. Due to the ongoing conflict with Russia, the United States has been forced to declare neutrality in that conflict. The Soviet Union on the otherhand has sided with Saudi Arabia against Iraq which was a surprise. Iraqi forces are still winning and it appears the Fall of Saudi Arabia is imminent however Russia's casualty percentage is nearing the "red line". More to come soon...

Chinese-Occupied Vietnam

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Anti-Communist Coups

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Iraqi Invasion Of Saudi Arabia

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State Of Affairs

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[EuchreJack]

Congratulations!

[King Zultan]

Huzza communism has almost been defeated!

[Tok'ra Operative]

World War III - Iraq Takes Saudi Arabia and Iraqi-Saudi Neutral Zone

It is 3 days after Christmas and the year 1990 is nearing its conclusion. After weeks of heavy fighting, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia surrendered unconditionally due to unsustainable losses and extremely low will to fight. Hours later, Iraq marched into the Iraq-Saudi Neutral Zone. A few nomads put up a surprising fight despite no military backup but they obviously were no match for the Iraqi Republican Guard. Iraq now controls nearly half the world's oil supply. While Saddam taking Saudi Arabia is cause of concern his victory was a defeat for the Soviet Union which is a good thing as it negatively impacts their leadership effectiveness. Iraq is now amazingly the most peaceful place on the planet. Now if the United States can defeat the Soviet Union and destroy the final stronghold of Communism then maybe we can have peace too. Liberating Japan and conquering (or at least containing) the Soviet Union no doubt will not be easy so we have a rough fight ahead of us next year before the Third World War is over and this peace is realized.

Fall of Saudi Arabia

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Iraq Takes Iraq-Saudi Neutral Zone

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State Of Affairs

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Note: I used UGE to manually include an Iraqi takeover of the Iraq-Saudi Neutral Zone. Reason for this is because realistically this is what Iraq would've done especially if they occupied Saudi Arabia which has happened.

[Tok'ra Operative]

World War III - Doomsday At Hand

ALERT! WE HAVE A MISSILE LAUNCH DETECTION!

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The Third World War has finally crossed the nuclear threshold on December 28th, 1990 when the Soviet Union hit Iraqi-occupied Saudi Arabia. Catastrophic destruction has been inflicted and Millions of people are estimated to have lost their lives. The United States Strategic Air Command is now at DEFCON 2 with nuclear-armed B-52 bombers departing Whiteman within minutes of the order being given. President Bush is currently attempting to reach Gorbachev on the red phone however the Soviet leader is failing to answer the call.

Soviet Nuclear Strike On Saudi Arabia

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Eleven very intense hours have passed as the world continues holding its breath. The nuclear fallout from the Soviet nuclear attack on Saudi Arabia has now reached the entirety of the Middle East with the death increasing by by an estimated 10-20 million. Iraq is no longer the "most peaceful" place on the planet as they are now in a state of total war as is most of the Middle East while those aren't are in a limited war. Stability in the Middle East is now non-existent and martial law has been declared universally throughout the region. Additional conflicts are a certainty at this point. Also two major United States Team Alliance members (Israel and Turkey) have been affected by the radiation with around 3 million total perishing. Article 5 has once again been invoked.

Radioactive Fallout Impacts The Entire Middle East

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In response to the Soviet nuclear strike and the resulting radioactive fallout reaching a NATO country with devastating results, the President is faced with an impossible choice. During an emergency meeting with the Joint Chiefs, President Bush boarded Air Force One and has the nuclear football opened as he orders DEFCON 1 and prepares to give the fateful command...

DEFCON 1 Ordered

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After reviewing the targets as well as the certain impact even a limited nuclear strike against the Soviet Union would have on our own allies including Germany, China, etc as well as our own troops stationed near Russia, the President ordered that the nuclear strike against the Soviet Union be aborted at the last minute and has instead ordered a conventional surgical strike against Russia with more to follow. He has also ordered the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to begin drawing up plans for a ground invasion of the Soviet Union while even asking Secretary of State James Baker the likely impact of ending recognition of the Soviet Union as a sovereign nation. For the time being global thermonuclear war has been put on hold and hopefully the Soviets won't be launching further nuclear strikes anywhere in the world.

Risk Assessment To Nuke Strikes

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Nuclear Attack Aborted, Surgical Strike Ordered

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[King Zultan]

That almost became the start of a nuclear war, probably best to not escalate it that far.

[EuchreJack]

Hm, maybe let Soviet Russia exchange nukes with other countries, then Make America Great Again by laughing at how fucked up everyone else is...

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Hey, that basically summarizes the US Economy versus the rest of the world: The American Economy is only bad, whereas it is Awful everywhere else!

[Tok'ra Operative]

Beginning Of 1991

It is New Year's Day 1991. The Third World War is ongoing since August 1990 which saw the invasion and occupation of Japan from the Soviet Union and the subsequent defeat of all Communist governments outside the Soviet Union either by invasion, coup, or uprising. The Soviet Union is the sole remaining Communist country not counting occupied Japan and therefore the Soviet Union World Team Alliance is limited to the Soviet Union plus occupied Japan. Despite this the Soviet Union World Team Alliance is still stronger then the United States World Team Alliance probably due to the occupation of Japan boosting the Soviet economy. The United States doubled its military spending and even that wasn't enough to stop being only second best - President Bush was forced to break his "Read My Lips No New Taxes" pledge due to a substantial war tax which has resulted in the projected popularity level to be much lower then currently levels. The Soviet Union has well over one million troops in Japan which in turn allow them to threaten South Korea and Taiwan. It is very likely that the United States will be launching a counterattack against the Soviet occupation of Japan in the coming months though to do so would mean facing the majority of other Soviet Armed Forces since the Japanese home islands are adjacent to the Soviet Union so we face well over 3 million allowing them to outnumber us nearly 3-to-1 with current U.S. troop deployment levels added to those of Taiwan and South Korea. Of course if we have to liberate Japan ourselves then we're outnumbered over 6-to-1 which is not very encouraging even with military spending levels taken into account.

Socialist China now leads their own World Team Alliance over all fellow non-communist Democratic Socialist nations including Sweden, North Korea, etc. Speaking of North Korea they exploded their first nuclear test bomb - since their ambition is still aggressive they could still present a major problem for us down the road but on the bright side they aren't fans of the Soviets anymore and their ethics have greatly improved. Hopefully this is a sign that the decades-long Korean Conflict can finally be brought to formal end. Despite leading their own alliance, China's diplomatic relations with the United States are very friendly plus their ambition and ethics have improved especially following successful nuclear disarmament talks sponsored by the United States to counter Soviet willingness to use nuclear weapons for scorched earth purposes. Saddam Hussein's Iraq lost over a third of its military in Russia's nuclear strike though they are still pretty strong for a non-aligned power.

State Of Affairs - Key Status

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State Of Affairs - Key Maps

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U.S.S.R. Wartime Status

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China Status

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[King Zultan]

Sounds like this is going to be a hard war to win.

[EuchreJack]

President Bush was forced to break his "Read My Lips No New Taxes" pledge

Damn, I guess that is true in all timelines...

[Duuvian]

It's theoretically possible...

https://thedebrief.org/physicists-uncover-evidence-of-two-opposing-arrows-of-time-in-the-quantum-realm/