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> During the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme I was struck that it was a direct outcome of the assassination of an Austrian Arch Duke in Bosnia. For an au
by venomsnake 10y ago
> During the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme I was struck that it was a direct outcome of the assassination of an Austrian Arch Duke in Bosnia.
For an author that claims to know history that is laughingly bad. My 8th grade teached told us - "if anyone of you says that this is the cause or reason for WWI - you fail the whole year. It is a trigger."
> Trump says he will Make America Great Again, when in fact America is currently great, according to pretty well any statistics.
Except the only real measure of country greatness - its relative standing to the others. It is "To rule in hell ..." when countries compare. The peak of US greatness was 1945-1955. The US at the end of WWII was having half of the world GDP, unmatched industrial base AND sole nuclear power. You just cannot top that.
- jacquesm 10y ago> The peak of US greatness was 1945-1955. The US at the end of WWII was having half of the world GDP, unmatched industrial base AND sole nuclear power. You just cannot top that. Indeed, but that only worked because most of the rest of the industrial world was lying in ruins. By that measure 'making America great again' is scary indeed.