(June 7, 2013 at 3:45 am)ideologue08 Wrote: No, we don't have to answer for WW1, Germany was the sole instigator, it began hostilities in 2 countries, sending the third a declaration of war, it seems pretty clear cut to me, the French didn't even want a war for god's sake, it offered to withdraw its troops from the borders, but the Germans still went in anyway. And once you declare war on Russia, that's when you know you're asking for it.The "Sole Instigator"? You're either kidding, or you don't know what that means. I'm not denying Germany played a large part, they played massive part; but they weren't responsible for there being a war in the first place, and they most certainly weren't the ones who dragged the rest of the world into it, that last part was Britain.
DeistPaladin Wrote: I think that's going a bit far. Great Britain didn't enter the fray until Germany invaded Belgium and France.Sorry, you seem to have missed my point. He said Germany are solely to blame because they took it from a "War" to a "World War." My comment was basically pointing to the fact that half the countries around the world only did so because they were part of our Empire and we dragged them into it. In other words what he was saying was a) not true, and b) a stupid reason to label a country "Solely Responsible" for a war with a list of causes as long as your arm.
