Original Cold War: U.S.A. vs U.S.S.R.

On January 21, U.S. President George H.W. Bush delivers a "State of the World Address" in Brussels, Belgium. It outlines the dictated foreign policy of the United States and the NATO. The speech is watched by millions of viewers throughout the world on television.

The speech begins as following:

"To the General Secretary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to the leaders of democratic nations, and to members of the United States Congress...

I am here today to discuss the state of our world. As we all know, just a few years ago the leadership of the Second World realized that the Soviet model is unsustainable and contrary to the ideas of freedom and progress. Because of this, they initiated measures of reform, measures known as Perestroika and Glasnost. These reforms, initiated by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, caused the peoples of the world to hope that the Soviet Union was on the eve of democracy, that it would renounce its evil ways which trample upon human lives and have cost millions of innocent lives. For the first time in this long and bitter Cold War, there was hope that the Evil Empire which my predecessor denounced would change.

Indeed, when the satellite states of the U.S.S.R. embraced democracy and tore off the shackles of communism, we all thought that it was only a matter of time before the Eastern Bloc ceased to exist entirely.

But then, last August, we watched in dismay as Soviet reactionaries seized control over the Soviet Union and put an end to the brief Soviet experimentation with freedom. Now we must swallow that bitter truth: the Soviet Union will not reform itself. It will continue to plague this world with its gross depravities and gospel of oppression unless we take hard action against it. Just to be clear, I am not advocating war against the Soviet Union. I desire to live as much as anyone else does. However, democratic nations must collectively adopt a tough stance against those who seek to bind the world in darkness. A golden opportunity knocks; while the Soviet Union is weak we must unite against Communism as we have never before, so that we may subdue the Red Menace and see peace on Earth, at long last. Peace on Earth. Thank you."

After he finished with this speech, he goes to meet with NATO representatives and those of newly formed European nations of the former Eastern Bloc, as well as those from certain NATO-aligned nations (such as South Korea and Japan).

There, in a meeting of which its contents are unknown to the outside world, Bush laid out his "master plan".

First, he tells representatives from newly formed European nations that if they join NATO, their independence will be secured against a possible future Soviet invasion of Eastern Europe. He tells them that in any case, they are not to make this offer public until the day that it becomes official.

Second, he announces that he has outlined a plan to have US Congress increase and extend spending for Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) research for Fiscal Year 1993, in exchange for increasing taxes for the wealthy. He states that when this proposal passes he will seek cooperation from Western Europe, Japan, and South Korea in developing and erecting a "missile shield" that will put an end to the Soviet nuclear threat and perhaps even make nuclear missiles obsolete. Under this plan, starting in 1993 a huge international effort to create SDI will take off, with the outlined goal of erecting a fully functional global "shield" against ICBMs and nuclear missiles in general by 2010.

Third, NATO member intelligence agencies would engage in a joint top-secret operation to create strong secession movements within the Soviet Union to liberate the Baltic States, Kazakhstan, the Caucasus, Ukraine, and the likes from Soviet control.

Fourth, a permanent NATO blockade of the Sea of Marmara would tightly control all traffic coming in from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean (or vice-versa). In exchange for their cooperation, the United States would give Turkey a generous weapons package. This would severely restrict the abilities of the Black Sea fleet to threaten Mediterranean nations.

Fifth, Yugoslavia and Albania would be given a "push" to cause their communist regimes to collapse.

Sixth, the United States would seek a "thaw" in relations with Cuba.

Seventh, a CIA operation to assassinate the key leaders of the Ba'athist regime and to strengthen Anti-Ba'athist groups in Iraq (namely the Kurds) would take place. The assassination attempt would spend 2 years in the planning stage, to strengthen the odds of its success.

And that was the plan. Now, what will the Soviet Union do in 1992? That is the question. That is, I await my opponent's response.

In order to curve the ire of the international community, the minister of foreign affairs made a public statement detailing the 5 points of the Soviet Occupation in Eastern Europe.

1. The Soviet Army will be present in the occupied nations until they are stable enough to host elections. 

2. Following elections, the Soviet Army will withdraw all troops from Poland, the Czechoslovakia region, and the Baltic States. 

3. The Soviet Army would "propose" a security agreement known as MASE, or the Mutual Agreement on the Security of Europe, in the new transitional republics of  Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, and the Czechoslovakia. The Soviet Union would lead the alliance.

4. MASE would call for the formation of a regional defense force in Eastern Europe, where each member nation would have to donate a certain number of troops proportionate to the size of their military.

5. The Soviet Union would send  security technology from their military industry to run a counter-insurgency against "partisans" 

Many UN members remained skeptical of the Soviet Unions 5 points. A diplomat from France made a scene during the conference, when he vocally accused the Soviet Foreign Affairs Minister of creating MASE as a forefront for another permanent occupation in Europe.

Many Soviet leaders, fearing the repercussions if they were to be debased from power, began pressuring Yazov into decreasing tensions with the West. Yazov called a secret meeting in 1991 at Talinn among him and his deputies, including a few world leaders with close ties to the Soviet Union. At the meeting, Yazov proposed a series of top secret plans which would be known as the "Final Struggle," which detailed a grand scale war between the Soviet Union and NATO Allies, along with a comprehensive plan on economic recovery. The keypoints of the "Final Struggle" include...

1. The creation of an unofficial military pact between China, North Korea, Iran, Yugoslavia, South Yemen, Mongolia,  MASE, and the Ethiopian Derg.

3. The Soviet Union would give Dagestan and Chechnya SSR status as a means of maintaining stability

4.  The Soviet Union would reduce their nuclear stockpiles in half. Reluctantly they agreed to station tactical nuclear weapons in Montenegro to recover from having to move their facilities back to the mainland after the dissolution of the Warsaw pact. Many of the nuclear weapons would be stripped and sold to Russian based corporations and Iran as a means of keeping the military industrial complex afloat, given the USSR was forced to greatly reduce the size of their military in 1989.

5. The Soviet Union would strip industrial and military equipment in Poland and the Baltic states to rebuild their economy and improve their new infrastructure networks. 

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Okay, so...

My opponent re-invaded the former Warsaw Pact nations. He also established a Collective Security Pact of Communist states.

In response, I, President George H.W. Bush, establish the "Bush Doctrine", which states:

"Communism shall not expand further except through peaceful and democratic means. Any attempt to force communism on a nation with a majority that doesn't want Communism will be responded to with military force. The United States respects the legitimacy and sovereignty of any Communist regime which has the approval of the populace. The United States rejects the legitimacy of a Communist regime which rules over a populace that doesn't want Communism. The United States respects fair elections that result in the establishment of a Communist regime."

In accordance with this doctrine, I denounce the new Eastern European regimes established recently by Soviet military force as illegitimate, and as puppet States of the Soviet Union, as they were established without the consent of the peoples of Eastern Europe, seeing as how in the revolutions of the late 80s and early 90s prior to this they had rejected communism.

(Note: Seeing as how Eastern Germany was by the time of the 1991 Soviet Coup D'etat reunified with Western Germany, a NATO member, any prior attempt by my opponent to retake East Germany would be an illegal move, so such a move never happened; that is, as it stands currently East Germany is not under Communist rule.)

As a result, the CIA budget is expanded and CIA operatives are sent behind the Iron Curtain to secretly establish, train, and equip local Pro-Democracy partisan groups in states which had up until a short while ago been free from Communism.

Then, I address China. The following statement is made to their leaders:

"If the People's Republic of China does not withdraw from its policy of Collective Security with the Soviet Union, it will mean that Chinese trade with the West will be cut off. Seeing as how the PRC has transitioned to a more Democratic economic model, it knows that the Soviet economic model does not work as well as the Western economic model. If the PRC only has the trade-shy Communist world as its trading partners, nations which are and will in the future with little doubt experience slow economic growth compared to the West, the PRC will not achieve its full economic potential. Also, the Soviet military is considerably weaker than that of the United States. Also, while the United States acknowledges that Taiwan has a right to exist as a sovereign state, the United States does not and will not recognize the Government of Taiwan as the legitimate Government of China. The United States recognizes the Government of the People's Republic of China as the legitimate Government of China. Further peaceful trade between the PRC and the Communist World is fine, but there is to be no military alliance with them unless the PRC seeks to isolate itself from the West and to increase tensions with its democratic neighbors.

If China agrees to exit its military alliance with the Soviet Union, the United States will help protect the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China. The United States will consider any unprovoked attack on China to be an act of war against the United States and NATO, even if the aggressor is the Soviet Union or an ally of the United States."

With this declaration having been made, the likelihood that China would remain in the Collective Security Pact with the Soviet Union has decreased significantly.

Also, United States Intelligence reveals to the Chinese Government the devious Soviet negotiations with the Mongolians to fortify the Mongolia-Xinjiang border, which I hope will hurt relations between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union.

To help assure South Korea against a North Korean invasion, nuclear missiles are placed in South Korea, which the United States assures the PRC will not be used against China.

Also, the United States addresses the South Korean Government encouraging them to increase their military budget to counter North Korea.

Japanese control over the Senkaku Islands is confirmed by the United States. However, I get Japan to agree to permit Chinese military activities in Senkaku which are not an immediate threat to Japan and do not interfere with Japanese control over the islands. Also, the United States encourages the Japanese Government to acknowledge and apologize for its WWII-era and Sino-Japanese War era crimes against the Chinese people. A few Liberal politicians do so, which slightly helps relations between China and Japan. Of course, we do not go so far as to request that the Japanese Government make restitution to the PRC, because that likely wouldn't happen.

Nuclear missiles capable of hitting Tehran are placed in Israel to deter Iran from attempting to invade or fire nuclear missiles at Israel. However, to thaw relations with Iran, a trade agreement with Iran is passed in the United States Congress. Also, the United States again denounces Iran's enemy, Ba'athist Iraq, for its refusal to give up its chemical weapons program, an ultimately meaningless but diplomatically helpful move.

In an almost contradictory move, the United States affirms the right to self-determination of Iraqi kurds but denounces the Kurdish nationalists of Turkey as terrorists. The United States takes a neutral stance on Kurds in Iran. As before, the CIA training and arming of Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq would take place, as does the planning of a future assassination of Saddam Hussein. Also, it condemns

As before, in early 1992 the United States and NATO leaders agree upon the creation of an international SDI research and development effort to erect a fully functional missile shield by 2010.

The U.S. Army also begins a mission in Macedonia to train local soldiers and provide the Macedonian military with Western equipment. This mission is scheduled to continue until mid-1993. Also, the United States requests that Greek and Turkish soldiers be sent to Macedonian to serve in a counter-insurgency rule.

As before, the Naval Blockade of the Sea of Marmara would take place to limit the activities of the Soviet Black Sea fleet.

In Yugoslavia, Croatian and Bosnian rebels are trained and armed by the CIA to achieve their independence.

In the United States, a reverse of tax cuts for the rich and an overall increase in taxes is implemented to help finance this increase in military operations, with the knowledge that my attempts to get re-elected are made increasingly slim by these efforts.

(Later, in 1994, in response to increased Soviet presence in the Arctic, several measures are taken in response. Increased US army naval presence in northern Alaska, increased NATO naval presence in Nunavut, and the stationing of soldiers, ships, and missiles in Greenland and Svalbard are implemented so that NATO has a much greater military presence in the Arctic and it is able to keep an eye on Russian activities to make sure they don't do anything too bad up there; also, the United States, Canada, Norway, and Denmark increase their claims to Arctic territory for the purpose of deterring Russian militarization there.)

Your move.

I was under the impression that Pro was not aware of everything that was spoken of in the secret conference. No worries. We'll just pretend like only the actions that could apply to what happens in the argument are relevant. 

The leader of the USSR was called an idiot by the Chinese president for forgetting that the Soviet Union already controlled the Kuril Islands, and that South Yemen no longer existed. What a dunce. The only question is, who was that guy claiming to be the President of South Yemen? 

The nations of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia go to the polls, with socialist parties predicted to win over a majority  in a landslide. International critics accuse the elections of being rigged and not to par with modern day election systems. 

During the Coup attempt in 1991, former veterans of the disbanded 86th Guard Motorized Rifles helped lead a takeover against loyalists in Moldova. In 1992, fighting spilled over into Romania after leader Ion Illescu granted asylum to Gorbachev loyalists who fled the country. The leader of the rogue division in Moldova requested the restoration of the 86th Guard Motorized Rifles and that the government would intimidate Romania into releasing the loyalists into Soviet custody.  Yazov bluntly turned them down.

Outraged, the rogue army led a coup of the Moldovan SSR and declared it to be a newly independent nation. Soviet Troops  stationed in Odessa were moved to the breakaway republic of Transnistra, where Igor Smirnov granted them passage without resistance. Romania used the opportunity to take back their former territory in Moldova before Soviet troops would have a chance to respond. The Romanian army quickly defeated the rogue rifles division, and annexed the Moldovan SSR.

Ilescu's gambit was reliant on support from the Western powers. Yazov, fearing the consequences of Romania receiving recognition as the legitimate owners of Moldova, decided to invade the territory prematurely. On March 17th, 1992, the Soviet Union sent the 180th motorized rifles into Moldova. After a couple brief skirmishes along the border, Illescu grants permission to Dumitru Cioflina to retreat into the Romanian mainland. 

The Soviet Union, although victorious in Moldova, decided that the current government of Romania must be overthrown for the future interests of the state. Yazov ordered the 180th motorized rifles to engage Romanian troops in low intensity warfare alongside the border. After a month of fighting, Dumitru Cioflina, convinced that his northern borders were secure and that he needed to put a quick end to the Soviet resistance coming out of Moldova, had 80% of his troops engaged on the Soviet-Romanian border. Yazov, who had anticipated this action, sent the 28th Guards Motorized Rifles to break through the northern quadrant of the Romanian line of defense and encircle their forces. Promising Magyar lands in Transylvania and Ukraine to Hungary for support in Romania and joining MASE (as the only democratic nation), elements of the Hungarian Southern Command breached the lightly guarded Hungarian-Romanian border, paving the way for the Soviet 254th Rifles to make a blitz to Bucharest. The infamous Black Marines, which had historically been stationed in Sevastopol, were elsewhere at the time of the invasion, and were not present in the battle. The Black Sea Flotilla did manage to capture the port of Constanzia, allowing the Soviet Navy to bomb Bucharest and deny the Romanians sea exfiltration to Turkey or Bulgaria. 

The Final stage of the invasion called for the Yugoslavia First Army to penetrate the more moderately defended border crossing at Jimbolia, and begin a bombing campaign along the supply lines stemming from Bulgaria to Galati. During this final offensive, an airborne battalion of 600 transnistrian soldiers supplied by the Soviet military, launched a massive halodrop on Brasov, which along with Sibiu, was the last line of defense that the Romanian armed forces had established to prevent the 254th Motorized Rifles from reaching Bucharest. An organization known as the Movement for a New Romania (MFNR) also helped capture several small villages and rural communities which were being held by partisians ahead of the advancing MASE forces. 

By April 3rd, Bucharest was under siege and the Romanian parliament had capitulated after a fierce urban battle. Illescau and Cioflina were burned alive before being decapitated outside Giurgiu by communist sympathizers, after they made an attempt to cross over the Bulgarian border.   Minister of defense Nicolae Spirua called for NATO assistance in aiding what was left of the Romanian army take back the country. The 12,000 troops that were left of the Romanian army had already fled to Sofia, where they were reorganizing.

Yazov, who was eager to prevent NATO intervention in Ukraine, immediately declared a new socialist government based in Iasi, which was composed of party leaders from the MFRN. 10,000 captured Romanian POW's were given back their weapons after agreeing to serve in the new Romanian army.  Most of Romania was under complete MASE control, with MASE forces experiencing light casualties. 

Albania had always been the pariah of the international community. Hoxha's decision to side with China in the communist schism, his betrayal of the warsaw pact, and extremely atheist  totalitarian government made him a rival to both the Western and Eastern powers. After an escalation of violence between ethnic Albanians and Macedonians in the newly indepedent state of Macedonia, Ramiz Alia made another controversial decision to send the nations air force to support the Albanian separatist rebellion. The weak and disorganized Macedonian militia had no form of defense against the organized and well armed rebels, although a couple of US department of defense goodies helped slow down the rebels significantly.. Only a year a go they were fighting a low intensity guerilla war against the forces of Yugoslavia. On May 23rd, after 12 days of fighting outside Skopje, Albanian militants aided by Chinese special forces took over the capital. The parliament capitulated and fled, just as the first Turkish training and auxiliary troops landed in Kumanovo. Greek troops had refused to participate unless Macedonia changed its name, which Macedonians were unwilling to do.

- Macedonia will cede all land from Tetovo to Lake Oridskio Ezreo to the Macedonian-Albanian Resistance. 

- A twelve year non-aggression pact 

- A demilitarized zone along the Suva Gora gap seperating Tetovo and Skopje 

- Macedonian recognition of Sheteti Shqiptar, or the State of the Albanians 

- Albanian recognition of Macedonia 

- Both countries will agree to host no foreign troops within their borders 

Public opinion of the peace agreement was divided among Macedonians. For some, the peace agreement was incredibly fair considering the current circumstances of the Albanian army. For others, the peace agreement called for to much territory, and the thought of losing Tetovo,  one of the few cities actually in Macedonia, was frightening. Macedonia had a choice to make. She could cede to the rebels demand and have peace for another 12 years, or risk a long and bloody war going up against a well armed rebellion and Albanian armor. One thing was for certain. Any attempt at retaking Skopje through military means would require massive foreign support. With NATO unable to offer support due to Greece's complaints, Macedonia had to look elsewhere for help. Perhaps an individual member, like the United States, would be willing to give the extradited government assistance? 

President Bush warns Ramiz Alia, leader of Albania, to cease all aid to the Albanian rebels in Macedonia. He warns him to have withdrawn all military aid and troops from Macedonia by May 30, Bush declares the Albanian rebels to be terrorists and the Macedonian Government to be legitimate.

In hopes of American intervention, final negotiations with the Albanians is rescheduled for one week by the Macedonian Government, to May 31.

In a rare move of cooperation between a communist state and the West, Yugoslavia consented to have 60,000 American troops temporarily stationed in Yugoslavia (with the promise that they'll have been removed by August 15), as well as aircraft. From May 25 to May 30, a huge amount of troops and equipment were transferred to Yugoslavia.

On May 30, U.S. Forces entered Macedonia in an attempt to restore control to the Macedonian Government.

Also, at 8:00 PM Central European Time 24 B-52 bombers, with the help of radar jamming measures done by American troops within Yugoslavia, descend upon Tirana and drop roughly a thousand conventional bombs.

By June 8, Albanian aid to the rebels in Macedonia mostly ceased (largely due to the NATO threat of a naval seizure of control over Albanian waters to prevent their maritime trade), and over 80% of the country was in the hands of the Macedonian Government.

On June 17, the situation was declared "stable" by the Macedonian Government, which had regained control over virtually all of Macedonia with the help of American forces.

On May 28 the U.S. Government had made a secret deal with the Macedonian Government. According to this deal, Macedonia would join NATO. Not only would this be sufficient "payment" for saving Macedonia's national pride and preventing their loss of territory, but it'd also keep Macedonia safe from foreign threat, seeing as how it's pretty rare (more like, it never happens) to see a NATO nation get invaded.

Macedonia joins NATO.

Also, on June 29, the U.S. Government convinces Macedonia and Albania to sign an agreement allowing for the relocation of ethnic Albanians who don't like it in Macedonia. Upon relocation to Albania they would be given a job and some start-up cash. This joint program was set to expire in 2002.

This program would both rid Macedonia of its most troublesome citizens but also slightly increase Albania's population.

The last American soldier withdrew from Yugoslavia on July 13; from then on a fair number of American troops would instead be stationed in Macedonia, as part of the agreement with their Government.

In the 1992 Presidential Election, incumbent George Bush was defeated by Democratic Nominee William "Bill" Clinton, for a number of reasons. George Bush was blamed for the sudden escalation of tensions with the Soviet Union, and he was seen as a liar for reneging on his famous 1988 campaign promise to not raise taxes.

George Bush was not about to let go of power, however. He couldn't and wouldn't blatantly violate the Constitution, so he came up with another plan instead. As one of his last decisions as President, appointed himself Director of Central Intelligence (firing Robert Gates), a decision that would be made effective upon him no longer being President. Sure enough, he waved goodbye to the White House and went straight to the CIA. He had previously been director of this agency, so the job was no challenge for him.

When Bill Clinton stepped into the White House, he decided that he would soon fire Bush and appoint someone else.

Upon hearing this, Bush put his plan into action. Under his orders the CIA hired a particularly attractive woman and sent her to the White House. She quickly became Bill's mistress and she convinced him to not fire Bush. From then on, through the use of sending Bill mistresses and getting them to persuade Bill's opinions, George Bush was able to control the Government's foreign policy decisions.

In response to China's refusal to withdraw from the Soviet-established collective security pact, George Bush is left with a dilemma. If he cuts off economic ties with China, it'll harm the U.S. economy. If he doesn't, it'll weaken American credibility.

Weighing the options, Bush decides to go ahead with it. He orchestras a tariff on goods imported from the People's Republic of China which comprises 100% of the value of said good. This essentially severs economic ties with the PRC; Bush hopes that at some future date they can be restored. In the meantime, Bush attempts to compensate by signing several trade deals with India, Brazil, and South Africa. Indeed; it's a busy December.

The Sea of Marmara naval blockade turned out to be one of Bush's biggest foreign policy failures, and it made him an object of ridicule for a time.

Manfred Worner, General Secretary of NATO, issued a statement saying that if the Soviet intrusions upon territorial holdings of NATO members would not be tolerated, though they would be allowed to exploit the resources contained within their own waters. Trying to seize a NATO nation's territory through the use of military force would be interpreted as an act of war against that country and, as a result of its collective security provision, against the entirety of NATO itself.

Also, like I stated before, NATO would rely upon its defense network in the Arctic to ensure the Soviets don't violate international law or try to seize control of the Arctic.

The South Korean military extensively photographs the aftermath of Ulleung-Do, including the hundreds (if not thousands) of dead bodies, soldier and civilian alike. On April 27, 1994, South Korean President Kim Young-sam personally makes a presentation to the UN, displaying evidence of the massacre and footage of the countless Korean corpses of those who died in the incident which would be known to history as the 1994 Ulleung-Do Massacre. He also shows the evidence that North Korea was the perpetrator. This evidence included corpses left behind of soldiers of "Mongoloid" ethnicity dressed in North Korean uniforms, carrying weapons used by the Korean People's Army. One eyewitness who survived the massacre, a North Korean defector now living in South Korea, stated that the dialect of Korean that he heard used is "definitely" that of North Koreans rather than South Koreans. One survivor, who was a South Korean soldier, said that he definitely saw a Najin-class vessel. According to another survivor, a South Korean soldier as well, there was at least one T-90 tank at the battle; he could positively identify it as a T-90 because he had an interest in tanks and often studied material on them, as well as keeping up with the latest news on them.

Also, several cameras recovered caught footage of a T-90 tank.

The only logical conclusion was that the North Koreans were the perpetrators, and that they were assisted by the Soviets, seeing as how they wouldn't have a T-90 otherwise.

Then, Clinton took the stage and, reciting a speech prepared by Bush, called upon the world to unite together to form a coalition against North Korea, in the same manner as was done against Ba'athist Iraq during its Invasion of Kuwait.

38 countries led by the United States, as part of a coalition effort, invade North Korea in a military operation known as "Operation Bowl Judgment". Over 2 million coalition soldiers directly participate. Also, millions of tons of food are prepared in order to relieve the North Korean civilians of famine.

The attack begins at 9:20 PM Korea Standard Time with a massive radar jamming and electronic interference effort, with tens of thousands of bombs then being dropped to disable North Korean electricity, communication by means of telephone or telegraph, and strategic military positions. In the East, the Korean People's Navy is attacked by an overwhelming force and marines over 100,000 marines and special force offices from coalition nations move to secure North Korean coastal cities and towns in order to place large forces there and attack North Korea from both the South and East. Then, roads in southern North Korea are stormed by tanks and army transports so that transportation in southern North Korea is under the control of the coalition. Thus, North Korean forces in different areas are cut off from each other. From there, North Korean transportation and communication is cut off increasingly going from south to north and from east to west. Naturally, the last pockets of resistance would be in northwestern Korea, which is receiving military assistance from China (despite U.S. assurances that this invasion will not be used to increase US military presence in that region over the long term). However, because such a massive coalition is active against North Korea the PLA does not take direct military action against the Coalition, nor does it take serious efforts to undermine the coalition due to the risk of repercussions against China.

The North Korean Government has collapsed and the Kim family has gone into hiding. Tons of aid pour into North Korea.

The Provisional Government of North Korea has been established; according to the occupation plan, in early 1995 the number of coalition troops in North Korea will be reduced to approximately 1.5 million. In early 1996 the number of coalition troops in North Korea will be reduced to 1 million. In 1998 Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea (and perhaps China, if they're willing to participate) will assume control over the occupation until 2000, whenever South Korea will assume sole control over Korea and unification of Korea will be made official.

In a successful U.S. operation to forcibly broadcast a message over Soviet airwaves, a CIA spokesperson speaking in Russian announcers that any person who can deliver a T-90 tank to the West will be granted asylum and eventual citizenship in the United States, as well as 5 million dollars.

The United States, in response to the establishment of an anti-Israel Arab Coalition, places more nuclear missiles in Israel, raising the total number to 450 nuclear missiles.

Also, the U.S. Army has every Israeli citizen who is 13 years old or older (excluding residents of the Palestinian Territories). Also, a gun is provided to every citizen who undergoes this training. The training mission is completed on January 14, 1996.

On November 3, a bomb mysteriously  goes off in a Sunni mosque in Iran. The attack is linked to anti-Sunni radicals.

On November 14, a car bomb mysteriously goes off in a Shi'ite majority neighborhood in Saudi Arabia. The attack is linked to anti-Shi'ite radicals.

Following these two incidents, tensions rise between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the Middle East.

In an effort to ease tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the U.S. ends its support for pro-democracy partisans within the Iron Curtain (seeing as how it never accomplished much anyway), and it also signs a deal with the Soviet Union to allow thousands of Soviet students each year to attend Western colleges, which are on average of higher quality than Soviet colleges.

Done.