>>5720290>>5720318 >>5730885>>5730894>>5730999>>5735087>>5735802>>5735803>>5735809I read that the developers of Highfleet apparently took some inspiration from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (the Dune style desert mountains and dieselpunk heavy industrial ship look etc) However they forgot to include the most important geopolitical catalyst for this historical event
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incidentThe Jimmy Carter rabbit incident, sensationalized as the "killer rabbit attack" by the press, involved a swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) that swam toward then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter's fishing boat on April 20, 1979.
>Political opponents argued that the incident was symbolic of Carter's purported weakness. According to Powell, anti-Carter political commentators went so far as to blame it for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Iran hostage crisis....
The White House declined to release the photo to the media until it turned up during the Reagan administration and the story saw a revival.
According to Carter's press secretary Jody Powell, columnist George Will reportedly blamed the Iran hostage crisis on Carter's "timid" response of splashing water towards the rabbit instead of having the Secret Service shoot it.
Powell also writes that journalist Robert Novak stated he saw documents that revealed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was a result of Carter's purported weakness in the incident.