From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Mon Feb 06 2006 - 22:02:11 PST
Whatever the case, I know from personal family history that WW1 was not
Dave
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
our best effort. My grandfather's older brother died in France in WW1.
He was in active combat for almost a week. That was after basic
training that I understand also lasted for about a week before he was
shipped out. From his letters, he said he felt unprepared. He was the
second American generation from a German imigrant.
dgrev wrote:
> Marty
>
>> Something tells me WWI would have been kindled whether Ferdinand had
>> been assassinated or not.
>
>
> I was under the impression that the general consensus was that war
> had been brewing for years. The trouble was that nobody wanted to
> appear to be the aggresor. The assasination of the Arch Duke was
> the excuse needed for the whole thing to break loose.
>
> All comes down to political outlook. There are countless occurences
> in history of "incidents" where diplomacy "won the day". Or is it
> more a case of the reality that nobody really felt like a war at
> that time, so everybody did some sabre rattling, saved face and
> backed off.
>
> Just think back to a few famous airliner and military aircraft
> downings that could have easily sparked something nasty.
> Or incidents where military ships have been seized, or returned
> home looking like more like sieves. Some of these started a war,
> some didn't.
>
> The difference being the political desire at the time.
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
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