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Written not before the second world war, not before the first, but before the war of 1870. This is why the European Union exists today, and we should be grateful for it.pic.twitter.com/ldeq26OBBt
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Here's one. (Note: they did attack Germany, got thrashed, and this started the cycle of wars that led to WW1 and WW2 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War …)pic.twitter.com/lN8I9iJl07
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At the time he was a member of parliament, the same Emile Ollivier, as the head of government, declared war on Prussia two years later "with a light heart" It's difficult to stay true to one's principles
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To be fair he didn't have much of a choice. You can't avoid war by simply refusing to declare it once it has become inevitable. Peace, like war, must be prepared long in advance...
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At that time Prussia has already started its military expansion politics with wars against Danemark in 1864 and against German states and Austria in 1866. France was too much occupied by its « Mexican adventure » and did not anticipate Prussia’s war plans. Piece was more a dream.
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En bout du compte, au long terme, pour l'ensemble des populations, le pragmatisme sort gagnant. Les guerres sont typiquement l'expression d'egos hyperboliques, au demeurant narcissiques.
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