[he doesn't have a lot of reference for comparison, honestly. what's strange about a world full of giant robots and people with supernatural powers the world he's lived in for his entire life? so he opts for the political climate, because that seems like a thing that could differ considerably.]
The US and the USSR are using Afghanistan as the site of a proxy war, with the CIA financially backing the rebelling Mujahideen instead of confronting the Soviets directly. Both superpowers are backing Iraq against Iran due to concerns about Islamic revolution and trying to keep Iraq as their own ally, but the ground's more or less at a stalemate and Iraq's started using their air force to bomb tankers and cities. Mozambique, Ethiopia, El Salvador, and a half a dozen other countries are embroiled in civil wars, with the US and USSR involved in a few of them.
We've come close to nuclear war a few times, but so far it's been narrowly avoided at the last second.
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[he doesn't have a lot of reference for comparison, honestly. what's strange about
a world full of giant robots and people with supernatural powersthe world he's lived in for his entire life? so he opts for the political climate, because that seems like a thing that could differ considerably.]The US and the USSR are using Afghanistan as the site of a proxy war, with the CIA financially backing the rebelling Mujahideen instead of confronting the Soviets directly. Both superpowers are backing Iraq against Iran due to concerns about Islamic revolution and trying to keep Iraq as their own ally, but the ground's more or less at a stalemate and Iraq's started using their air force to bomb tankers and cities. Mozambique, Ethiopia, El Salvador, and a half a dozen other countries are embroiled in civil wars, with the US and USSR involved in a few of them.
We've come close to nuclear war a few times, but so far it's been narrowly avoided at the last second.