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You're probably right. But folks remember Franz Ferdinand. Caution is merited

• nkrisc 11y ago
  What does the hit Scottish rock band have to do with this? ;)
• omginternets 11y ago
  I get your point, but it's frankly a bit silly. We're nowhere near the political tension and arms-race that enabled WWI. This is decontextualization ad absurdum.
  • redwood 11y ago
    A lot of people disagree and believe the middle east is very much like pre WWI Balkans with great powers sleepwalking with a sense of long peace. Don't very me wrong... this is a different time. But caution is merited because everything can burn up in the snap of a finger. Thats rhe lesson learned exactly 100 yrs ago. Cant take peace for granted
    • omginternets 11y ago
      >But caution is merited because everything can burn up in the snap of a finger. Thats rhe lesson learned exactly 100 yrs ago. Cant take peace for granted Yes, but that's very different from implying that there's been an arms race that could set off a war between major superpowers. You're confusing the destabilization of a large region with a world war. To be clear: the former is very worrying, it's just very different from the latter.
      • redwood 11y ago
        The Serbian national aspirations were not initially global in scope