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SoQRadio wrote on Fri, 20 November 2009 12:44

...Russia didnt capture any territory because they were stopped by Austria and Britain before they reached Istanbul.


You're either misreading my post or intentionally ignoring it. If this were the only reason to go to war, why not keep the terratory they won (Everything up until Istanbul)?

SoQRadio wrote on Fri, 20 November 2009 12:44

Because of this, Russia didn't give in during the next crisis, over the assassination of Francis Ferdinand. As I mentioned before, after the assassination, it seemed that it was just going to be a small scale war between the Austrians and the Serbs, but Russia intervened, as Nicolas II felt he had given in too many times. Russia began mobilizing for war, without declaring war, and as a result Germany, in defense of its own national security and its ally Austria, began mobilizing for war as well.


Mobilizing for war is not the same thing as starting a war. Don't confuse the two.


One might make a case that Serbia started the war since it was a Serb that assassinated Ferdinand. One might argue it was Austria for antagonizing Serbia in the first place. Most likely, one would say it was Germany since they were the first of the major participants to actually declare war on another and attack. However, one cannot blame Russia for starting the war on the basis that they prepared to have one (And rightly so, since they had war declared upon them soon afterward).

SoQRadio wrote on Fri, 20 November 2009 12:44

...So you are saying its a blatent fact that Russia would go to war w/ the Ottoman's to help out BULGARIA for nothing in return?

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL


Tell me this then, Mr. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL, what did they get in return?


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