r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 17h ago
War/Military [FWI] The US military withdraws entirely from the Middle east.
- Brandon J Weichert, as cohost in Mario Nawfal's show
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 17h ago
- Brandon J Weichert, as cohost in Mario Nawfal's show
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 14h ago
The CCP's political chips on Shanghai run out with the ruling elite when the PLA invade Taiwan.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 16h ago
The objective is to come up with a plausible way someone could sabotage the case and get the murder case against Tyler Robinson (who is accused of murdering Charlie Kirk) thrown out of court.
No, I don’t support any attempt to get the case thrown out of court. I’m looking for a plausible way it can HAPPEN.
Edit: This article should help get you started regarding plausibility.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 18h ago
On October 7, 2027, Brandon Gill is the person to get murdered. The killer this time is not immediately identified but it DOES trigger a nationwide manhunt for the perpetrator.
If Gill gets eliminated, how big would the subsequent manhunt for the killer be?
Author's note: This is not in any way intended to imply that I support political violence. I find political violence abhorrent, no matter who's doing it.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 1d ago
On October 7, 2027, Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, is the next person to get murdered. The killer this time is not immediately identified but it DOES trigger a nationwide manhunt for the perpetrator.
What happens to her children?
Author's note: This is not in any way intended to imply that I support political violence. I find political violence abhorrent, no matter who's doing it.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 1d ago
"The son of Moroccan (i.e. Abraham Accords) immigrants, Gadi Eisenkot, 66, holds a great deal of public sympathy, particularly following the death in combat of his son Gal and two of his nephews."
r/FutureWhatIf • u/TF-Fanfic-Resident • 1d ago
The terms:
The Iranian regime gets an undisclosed sum in the tens of billions from a syndicate that includes Musk and others
Iran agrees to reopen the strait and restrict its military activities outside of countries it borders
A large number of Iranian dissidents are released to the Gulf monarchies and Pakistan
Iran expresses a willingness to return to the JCPOA and/or transfer its nuclear program to Pakistan, which is historically an ally of both the US and the Islamic Republic and which has an existing nuclear program
ed to clarify: Once the strait is reopened, the US will cease all hostilities and will roll sanctions back to 2020 or earlier levels, and the US will condemn any further Israeli intervention in Lebanon or Syria unless authorized by the governments of those two states
How feasible is this? Does this affect the midterms?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/PyroIsSpai • 1d ago
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 1d ago
September 16, 2026. The Iranian government suddenly decides it is ending all relations with China, with the new Iranian Supreme Leader saying, “We are a nation for Allah! We will no longer have relations with infidels!”
The Supreme Leader orders the immediate expulsion of the Chinese ambassador to Iran, and recalls the Iranian ambassador to China back to Iran.
What would be both the immediate and long term consequences of such a move? Furthermore, in the interests of plausibility, what’s stopping Iran from doing this in real life?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 2d ago
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 2d ago
This October, prior to US midterms, perhaps a more constructive approach with Lebanon & Hezbollah will emerge?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 2d ago
I think what folks call October surprise will involve Bibi and surprise attacks prior to November 3rd's US midterms.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Glass-Complaint3 • 2d ago
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 2d ago
On September 16, 2027, another nuclear test is conducted by the DPRK.
The nuke unexpectedly explodes over Taipei, capital of Taiwan. Kim Jong Un insists the nuke was faulty and the nuclear destruction of Taiwan was a total accident.
How would China, the US, South Korea, Japan and Russia take this? Would they buy Kim Jong-Un’s “accident narrative” OR would we see MAD?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 3d ago
What if the US failed in Taiwan's defense against China?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 3d ago
Trump declares war specifically on CJNG.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 3d ago
What if NATO nations determine that Article 5's mutual assurance kicks in after Iran bombs Turkiye?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 3d ago
September 16, 2028. A passenger airliner lands at a small airstrip in Chesterfield, MO. There’s just one problem: the aircraft was not supposed to land there and did not have clearance.
Upon being confronted, the flight crew tells a bizarre story: they claim that someone else was controlling the aircraft and forcibly diverted it to the airstrip in Chesterfield.
This incident goes down in history as the first time a phone app was used to hijack an airplane. What would be both the immediate and long term consequences of this event, in addition to its implications?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 3d ago
What if China and the USA maintain peace for at least 20 years?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Currywurst_Is_Life • 4d ago
What would be the most likely next targeted usage of an atomic weapon?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 4d ago
As opposed to the New World, the Old World and all of it's history and culture disappear, forcing a mass exodus to the Western Hemisphere.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 5d ago
China takes advantage to occupy Nepal following the flood.
r/FutureWhatIf • u/ThinkTankDad • 5d ago
What if Sam Altman or Elon Musk begin adopting Gazan children as part of their extended families?
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Top_Report_4895 • 6d ago
Alexander Lukashenko wants to curry favor to Putin
r/FutureWhatIf • u/Cyber_Ghost_1997 • 6d ago
Inspired by a different post by [u/collegeoldie](u/collegeoldie), more specifically the following caption on that post:
“It would be unwise for CFA to overtly go against beef beyond the level of comedy used in the existing ads. The number of people who eat both chicken and beef would represent the majority of their customer base, but CFA is in the business of selling chicken. If they begin getting preachy about environmental matters or beef safety, it's going to turn off a lot more people than it will turn into customers. Paying protestors against beef would erode goodwill in ways they won't be able to control. Right, wrong, or indifferent, CFA has positioned itself as a conservative company with enough goodwill to survive attempts at cancellation (Italicized for emphasis). This is going to include meat consumption with no judgement on what variety. If they're going to preach, it's probably somewhat religious in nature (they remain closed on Sundays) rather than anything resembling specifics of current year politics.”