In 1914, the Russian Empire stood with Serbia against the invasion by Austria-Hungary.
Germany saw Russia's partial mobilization as a threat and so Germany declared war on... France! and invaded... Belgium!
The Brits didn't care in the least about Serbia and were determined to stay the h*ll out of it, until Germans marched into Belgium and then Brits felt obliged by treaty to come to Belgium's defense.
And so it went, the war gathering ever more steam...
None of that resembles what we are looking at today.
What does most resemble today are the events in the mid to late 1930s, beginning with:
“In 1914, the Russian Empire stood with Serbia against the invasion by Austria-Hungary.
Germany saw Russia’s partial mobilization as a threat and so Germany declared war on... France! and invaded... Belgium!
The Brits didn’t care in the least about Serbia and were determined to stay the h*ll out of it, until Germans marched into Belgium and then Brits felt obliged by treaty to come to Belgium’s defense.
And so it went, the war gathering ever more steam...
None of that resembles what we are looking at today. “
The alliances and treaties pulled everyone into a small Balkan war, and made it a continent wide European war.
NATO will pull everyone into a small Eastern Europe war, and make it a global war.
Sigh. This is just another stupid ethnic border war. Not worth a cent of our taxpayer dollars or the lives of our kids. It is certainly not our war. You’re so concerned, go volunteer. Ukraine is taking foreign volunteers. Don’t send my kids.