Do we have a category for treaties? Maybe we should. Turtle Fan 20:40, January 16, 2010 (UTC)
- We do. TR 21:03, January 16, 2010 (UTC)
- We might consider changing the name of the article to reflect its status as part of Worldwar to stop hit and runners. There have been six or so Treaties of Moscow in OTL. TR 21:40, January 16, 2010 (UTC)
- I couldn't think of any real Treaties of Moscow so I thought it could stand as an in-universe article. Actually I clicked a red link I stumbled upon, but just the same. . . . All right, if you think it's best. Turtle Fan 23:55, January 16, 2010 (UTC)
On another note, writing it reminded me of a thought I'd had while reading DtE (as opposed to DttE)--It's bizarre that Dornberger would ask for Soviet mediation rather than American. The Germans were on better terms with the US, and (though this was unbeknownst to Dornberger at the time) the fact that Warren was at risk for war with the Race should his attack on the Col Fleet be discovered would make them very eager to see that war ended before the Lizards got onto any more of a wartime footing than they had been already. As I said, Dornberger didn't know that, but peace between Munich and Cairo was still as much in the US's interest as the USSR's even under ordinary circumstances. The potential for a German alliance was as important to US diplomatic and military strategy as it was to Soviet. Probably more so because there was less bad blood, though the US would surely have preferred to work with the Soviets given its druthers.
Which reminds me of another thought I'd had at the time: When Queek threatened Molotov that once the Lizards figured out which of the Big Three had attacked the colonists, there'd be an ass-whoopin', Molotov's first thought was to fabricate evidence against Germany and his second was to fabricate evidence against America. I had thought at the time that the logical course was for the US and USSR to collaborate in framing Germany, then support Germany to a point that would soften the ass-whoopin'. They got along with each other better than either did with Germany, Atvar probably suspected Germany most (I know I did, I'm sure most of us did) and would thus be easier to convince, and then Atvar would consider the case closed and the guilty party would be out of the woods. It would have been a risk for Molotov to feel Little Rock out, but the US could surely have counted on Soviet contempt for the Nazis to make them more likely to accept the offer and even if they didn't they certainly wouldn't tell Himmler about it. And it would have allowed Warren to get away with it, as mentioned. Turtle Fan 23:55, January 16, 2010 (UTC)