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1) NOT annexing Mexico after the 1848 US-Mexico War. Mexico today would be a massively developed, just like the US. The border would be a mere fraction of what we have to deal with now. It would not be a cesspool of drug cartels, crime, etc all lead by a corrupt government. This fuckup was so bad the Lord God himself gave the US a SECOND chance in 1866. France had conquered Mexico and some were calling "Monroe Doctrine" to remove them and made preparations to make it happen. Eventually the French were kicked out by the locals in 1867.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_French_intervention_in_Mexico

2) Not annexing Cuba into the US after the Spanish-American war. This one needs little explanation and Cuba would be a state today and probably doing as well as Florida. Certain events would not have happened and millions of lives would have been saved.

3) Not supporting Germany in World War I. You basically reshape the entire eastern hemisphere with this one and close to billion people would not have died. The Weimer would have never existed (neither would Israel) and while I think the Soviet Union would have still happened, it would not have lasted as long due to the West funding it over the course of the second world war until it got stood upright in the late 40s. No second world war and if there were a cold war in this world, it would have been against the Ottomans.

These are my personal viewpoints but I believe I am fairly accurate.

1) NOT annexing Mexico after the 1848 US-Mexico War. Mexico today would be a massively developed, just like the US. The border would be a mere fraction of what we have to deal with now. It would not be a cesspool of drug cartels, crime, etc all lead by a corrupt government. This fuckup was so bad the Lord God himself gave the US a SECOND chance in 1866. France had conquered Mexico and some were calling "Monroe Doctrine" to remove them and made preparations to make it happen. Eventually the French were kicked out by the locals in 1867. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_French_intervention_in_Mexico 2) Not annexing Cuba into the US after the Spanish-American war. This one needs little explanation and Cuba would be a state today and probably doing as well as Florida. Certain events would not have happened and millions of lives would have been saved. 3) Not supporting Germany in World War I. You basically reshape the entire eastern hemisphere with this one and close to billion people would not have died. The Weimer would have never existed (neither would Israel) and while I think the Soviet Union would have still happened, it would not have lasted as long due to the West funding it over the course of the second world war until it got stood upright in the late 40s. No second world war and if there were a cold war in this world, it would have been against the Ottomans. These are my personal viewpoints but I believe I am fairly accurate.

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Mexico today would be a massively developed, just like the US.

Parts of it perhaps. Mexico has some major geographical issues that prevent development. A large portion of the country lacks navigable rivers and is very mountainous. Much of that land would be unlikely to be developed no matter who is running it, similar to large portions of the US between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains remaining undeveloped.

Your third point is astute. The first World War caused many problems. One big one, aside from the Balfour Declaration, was the carving up of the Middle East after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.