Talk:America vs. Rome

Why didn't the EU establish missile defense? They didn't have any wars! —Preceding signed comment added by TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 19:04, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The EU in this future isn’t some federalized state. Though there has been some integration there has not been enough cooperation to put together a continent wide missile defense system, though some nations like France manage smaller national ones.  Furthermore the influx of Middle Easterners into the continent has led to a lot of religious/ethnic strife.  Also the US missile defense system was still relatively new and was not battle tested.  The EU took a chance in the war hoping that the system was not that good, they were unlucky.  The system wasn’t perfect either and some American cities were destroyed.


 * Although you might not like me for this, this TL is more political then probable. In an effort to get my point across (that it’s ridiculous to compare the US to the Roman Empire) I took some liberties with plausibility.  Mitro 20:40, 21 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I know, it's somewhat plausible, and fun to read, but the EU was minding its own business, and went "Oh, god, what's America doing?!" and start making things like missile defense, etc. But fun to read TL anyway. —Preceding signed comment added by TimeMaster (talk • contribs) 11:25, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you enjoyed the TL, I wrote it a while ago and still like showing it off. I was first inspired to write it after the 2004 election.  Several liberals made mention that the US would "fall like Rome" and thus showed their ignorance of history.  I looked for it again after the 2008 election when I heard several conservatives say the same damn thing, which apparently proves that most Americans don't know much about the Roman Empire.
 * As for the EU missile defense system, IMO it would take a level of cooperation to get such a system in place that I just don't believe they would have. Still I should probably rewrite the section to make it more plausible.  Again thanks for your comments.  Mitro 13:46, 22 July 2009 (UTC)