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re: Knowing What we Know now, does Gavrilo Princip pull the Trigger?
Posted on 2/10/16 at 9:57 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
Posted on 2/10/16 at 9:57 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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think, judging by the state of affairs currently, that the Ottoman Empire going down will indeed have a longer lasting effect on the world.
Look at how unstable it is now without them in power. Hell, as bad as he was, Sadaam Hussein held a certain amount of stability in that region. I think that was the biggest mistake of WWI was getting rid of the Ottomans. Although, the Ottomans didn't have a very strong military and economy at the time so who knows if the empire would've stayed in tact anyway. Hindsight is 20/20 though.
It crazy to look at the map and think how different the world was in 1913. Baghdad, Damascus, Jerusalem, Medina, Mecca, Constantinople --- all under the same stable rule. Now? No one would dream of that happening again.
Although I generally agree that the Ottomans involvement in WWi was of greater effect than Communism post WWII, there is an argument to be made.
Think of everything that came of it- the space race, the cold war, nuclear deterrants, Berlin Wall, finally a diminished Russia post Cold War that is looking to return to its old glory (Crimea/Ukraine). Definitely all things still affecting us today.
Posted on 2/10/16 at 10:03 pm to NYNolaguy1
he was basically just a kid caught up in nationalism, so he still pulls it ... didn't even get a life sentence ...
Posted on 2/11/16 at 10:11 am to NYNolaguy1
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Think of everything that came of it- the space race, the cold war, nuclear deterrants, Berlin Wall, finally a diminished Russia post Cold War that is looking to return to its old glory (Crimea/Ukraine). Definitely all things still affecting us today.
The biggest thing that I've gathered from post-WWII is technology. I mean look at the Cold War. NASA came from it, computers, satellites, etc.
But from WWI I think culturally it changed the world and sparked the technology that defined WWII and the rest of history.
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