Harbertia wrote:Holy Empire of Avalon wrote:Are Alaska and Texas inhabited? They are much more rich in fossil fuels together compared to the Middle East as they would be easier to control.
It would seem we do have a lot to consider, since this is based on American comics... and giving some reflection, and how we can have history however we want, it wouldn't be that far fetched to imagine the US dipping into those reserves. The Cold War might have made it so that we had to, sort of like, rather then purchasing oil from the allies of the USSR. Iran, Egypt, Syria (I think, I cant' tell what the third is) where allies of the USSR in 1959. Saudia Arabia wasn't though... however, based on that map we really could have started exploiting local resources.
Edit: Though, if we do so, it would most likely mean that Eisenhower's proposal for the Middle East did not pass, and that we may have one or two communist states in the region. That aside, the US would be more stable when it comes to infrastructure. This might also explain it's technological advancement.
I like the idea of that.



