It’s a pitty to see that Bobbychicken is indeed a machine in his strategies (you use this word yourself)…
your dad and you can as well play the game solo, while you both do nothing to surprise your opponent with strats…
I love playing without techs because with heavy bombers in the game, the dice is rolled (allia iacta est - latin).
If USA has them? Allies win the game, so simple as that! so, no fun in accomplishing something everyone knows to be the outcome!