Posted on 02/21/2022 5:55:45 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Ah, Alaska, America's 49th state and the Last Frontier. The home of salmon, gold, oil, and many kinds of wildlife. And a potential place of origin for World War III.
In 1867, the Russian Tsar sold the territory of Russian America to the United States. The territory wasn't doing the Tsar much good, never really turning a profit, and proving to be an unnecessary thorn in the Empire's already strained relationship with the UK (which owned Canada), so the Russian government was open to any reasonable opportunity to offload it. Russia and the US being rather buddy-buddy in the 1850s and '60s (the US had backed up the Russians diplomatically during the Crimean War, and Russia had run interference in Europe on the Union's behalf during The American Civil Warnote ), the Tsar made the obvious decision once the US sent a decent offer. The U.S. named their new territory Alaska (long a colloquial name for the region), and 92 years later in 1959 it became the 49th state. But what happens if the Russians with Rusting Rockets decide to renege on the deal?
The reasons for the Russians invading will often vary depending on the work, but usually they are....
Genuinely trying to reconquer and reannex the state,
They are not actually trying to take Alaska back, but just trying to distract the United States military from a battle taking place elsewhere in the world (and maybe damage/destroy some of the important resources in the state while their at it).
They are using Alaska as a "bridge" to invade the continental U.S. and Canada.
Some more humorous works might have two or more sides fighting over a fictional "deed" to Alaska left over from the original purchase. (Note: Such a deed doesn't exist in real life.)
(Excerpt) Read more at tvtropes.org ...
Wait, somewhere I’ve got a deed to one square inch of
Alaska I got when I was a kid...
Russia wants their churches back and have declared those areas as “independent”.
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Send in Lindsey Graham!
And Antibiotics!
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Well it would get rid of Murkowski....just sayin’.
Emergency!
Everybody to get from street!
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Great movie, Whitaker Walt.
Come on people. It’s like the previous post saying Michelle is a man. You don’t have to run with this stuff while the things are serious in Ukraine. Are you all Babylon Bee types?
And two GOP Electoral Votes. Seems like there would be less costly ways to rid the [arty of Murkowski.
Knowing the current Xiden admin I can hear the reply. “Sure you can have it back. thanks for letting us use it for a hundred or so years.”
Well with “Republicans” like Murkowski, who needs Democrats?
Screw Ukraine, you've got a full-blown Fascist takeover happening in Canada right now!
Putin can have Biden’s America 🇺🇸 for all I care. I respect him more than Demented Joe.
You got that right.
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Fox has a procession of Politicians and Talking Heads that can’t believe Putin lied to his own people today. He Misled them! We can’t let this stand!
You can find Video of each of these people lying about where COVID originated and how Science determined six feet and Gas Station masks would save your life.
The Truth was never important when it came to their stories about Trump, Covid, Schools, Antifa, Crime, Joe’s Dementia, Afghanistan, Hunter Biden, Election Integrity, Jan 6th, Spending, Debt, BLM, Unions, Gas Prices, Inflation, Rent increases, and CRT — but now a Leader misleading his people can’t be tolerated!
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I got one of those, too.
That history is interesting.
They grabbed one, built an airstrip on it. We had another, and also had an airstrip. But as I understand it, the weather out there was so bad, neither side ever found the other!!
Dude... I saw the bulge.
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