Comments by "Peter Lund" (@peterfireflylund) on "Has Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Stalled? - TLDR News" video.

  1. Germany’s race to Paris in 1914 would have succeeded if Belgium hadn’t wasted their time. And that, unfortunately, is what prevented a short and almost bloodless war. One that would even have ended correctly, with a smack down of France.
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  2.  @questionmaker5666  the French wouldn’t have had time to move much.
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  3.  @maxdavis7722  according to international law at the time, what France and Russia did was the same as a declaration of war and Germany was entitled to defend itself, if necessary by choosing to fight inside France (and Russia). Germany asked if they could go through Belgium. Belgium refused by claiming neutrality. After ten days of diplomacy, Germany decided that defending itself was more important than the “neutrality” of a French vassal state. Germany was correct. (The coordinated threats from France and Russia were agreed upon when Président Poincarré was in Russia, because he wanted revenge for the lost war of 1870/1871.)
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  4.  @maxdavis7722  if you were aware of it, you clearly hadn’t thought it through.
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