[Goetz_von_Berlichingen]

"As for wars not being as rough and tumble as the mass wars of the 20th century- has Sobran ever heard of the first world war? That was largely a war of Monarchs- the last breath from that era."

The Great War was started by ministers, rather than monarchs. The main instigator of Russian mobilisation had been the French emissary to the Tsar. If it were left up to the Tsar and Kaiser Wilhelm, there probably would not have been a war at all.

[WhiskeyPapa]

If it were left up to the Tsar and Kaiser Wilhelm, there probably would not have been a war at all.

I dunno. Kaiser Bill couldn't wait to get it on.

Walt

[Burkeman1]

Well- thats a bit of a false argument isn't it? Are you saying that WWI wasn't the result of "true Monarchism" much like leftists say that "real communism" wasn't Stalinism? Communists in the Gulags used to blame their arrest and torture on "ministers" as well and would moan "if only Stalin knew what was going on!"