June 28

[Peter_Suciu]

I recently wrote two pieces to mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination of the Arch Duke:

How To Remember June 28 – 100 Years Later
http://blogs.redorbit.com/how-to-remember-june-28-100-years-later/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Shadows of World War I Continue to Haunt Modern Iraq
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/shadows-of-world-war-i-continue-to-haunt-modern-iraq.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[ebeeby]

Nicely written. I would argue that the US was never forced into that war however. I blame Wilson entirely. And I do like to consider what would have happened had the US stayed out and if Germany had beaten France and England. Perhaps the imperialism of both England and France would have been tempered. Perhaps no WWII. Perhaps an eventual true showdown at sea between Germany and England. Perhaps a lot of things....

 

[rob6218]

Gentlemen, U.S. involvement in the First World War was a foregone conclusion once the BANKING industry in this country began to provide war-loans to the British and French. The U.S. sent troops, at the behest of the major financiers, when it began to look as though the loans would be defaulted on due to the deteriorating conditions, for the Allies, on the Western Front in the fall and winter of 1916 and the spring of 1917. The "Bankers" were simply looking after their investments and if it took the involvement of the U.S. and the sacrifice of thousands of American troops to recoup those investments then so be it. Wilson's policies had very little to do with it once you break-down the truth of it all, his hands were as tied as Roosevelt's in '41 or Johnson's in '66. "What's in YOUR Wallet?!"