Favorite "What If?" of History

[4His_glory]

What if General Ewell managed to take Culps hill the first day at Gettysburg?

What if Gen. Jackson had survived?

What if the US did not get involved in WW I?

What if China had been invaded during the Korean War like MacArthur wished to do?

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

What if Benedict Arnold has been treated properly by the Continental Congress and he had nor defected? Doesn't "President Benedict Arnold" sound funny to our ears?

What if the British had reconquered the US in the War of 1812 and banned the Constitution?

 

[LadyEagle]

What if Jesus really did come to America, after all?

What if Baruch (Jeremiah's scribe) actually did escape with the King's Daughters to Ireland?

What if the moon landing really was a fake?

What if Hillary had stayed a Goldwater Girl?

 

[RTG]

What if C4K had 225 more posts?

 

[Roy]

What if there was no radio or television?
What if there was no air travel?

 

[Magnetic Poles]

What if the internet had not been invented?

Does that mean that Al Gore was never born?

 

[carpro]

What if:

Monica Lewinsky hadn't been working in the White House?

Leading to:

What if Clinton hadn't lied about her for over a year?

 

[Magnetic Poles]

What if:
* In order to hasten the end of the war, the Japanese Empire had dropped an experimental atomic bomb on Los Angeles and San Diego?
* India and Pakistan had a nuclear war in 2000?
* The Taliban had surrendered Osama bin Laden following the attacks on the U.S.?
* The Bolshevik revolution had failed?
* The Roman Empire had survived and thrived into the present day?
* The stock market crash of 1929 had not occurred?
* Alcoholic beverages were still prohibited, but marijuana was not?
* Oklahoma had been made into a sovereign state for the tribes relocated there?
* Ronald Reagan had gone ahead with picking Gerald Ford as VP instead of G.H.W. Bush?
* What if George Washington had been King of the US, rather than its president?
* Apollo astronauts had brought back a virulent and deadly microbe from the moon?
* The aeroplane had not been invented?

 

[Joseph_Botwinick]

Originally posted by Magnetic Poles:
What if:
* The Taliban had surrendered Osama bin Laden following the attacks on the U.S.?

Shouldn't these "what if" scenarios at least be somewhat plausible?

However, if they would have done this, they probably would not have been the brutal barbarians that we know them to be.

Joseph Botwinick

 

[Dr. Bob]

More?
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Okay, WHAT IF we've run to absurdity on this thread . .

 

[Joseph_Botwinick]

Originally posted by Dr. Bob:
[*]What would Jared weigh if he ate every meal at Sonic?

Would that not depend on what he ate and how much he ate at Sonic?

Joseph Botwinick

 

[Baptist in Richmond]

Originally posted by Dr. Bob:
More?
What if Donald Sutherland of the movie had gotten the TV role of Hawkeye instead of Alan Alda?

&lt;sound of BiR laughing hysterically&gt;

That was hilarious!!

Alan Alda......

Have you seen him on The West Wing?

Wishing God's Blessings on you, your family, and your ministry, Dr. Bob,
BiR

 

[Dr. Bob]

Yep. Alda is a great actor. My daughter-in-law has the M*A*S*H sets of DVD's from about every season. She loves him. (And I've probably seen every episode a dozen times. Classic)

But on West Wing up against Jimmy Smits (young and hispanic) contrasted to the old white guy, it was no chance for Alda to shine.

 

[Magnetic Poles]

Originally posted by Dr. Bob:

[*]What would Jared weigh if he ate every meal at Sonic?

For something similar to that, watch the movie "Supersize Me". The guy ate every meal at McDonalds with horrifying results. Available on DVD and VHS.

 

[Bookworm]

What if the Native American population had not been decimated by disease before the Pilgrims landed.

 

[padredurand]

My parents didn't meet in 1945?

 

[Salty]

What if Dr Bob had run for Congress from WY in 1979 against Dick Cheney - and won?