Hanlon's Razor: Difference between revisions

** Austria had ''wanted'' to go to war and so initially made demands of Serbia that they figured no one would accept. Serbia acquiesced to all but one demand, upon which Austria was not willing to compromise. Only after the declaration of war was sent did the Austrians learn that Serbia had sent a post saying they'd submit to the final demand.

{{quote| [[Blackadder|"It was simply too much effort ''not'' to have a war."]]}}

** Kaiser Wilhelm II revealed his immaturity and foolishness openly in an interview in the ''Daily Telegraph'' in 1908. His rash words about Great Britain ("You English are mad, mad, mad as March hares!") caused an international uproar, but he still kept on ruling Germany.

*** To be fair to the unpleasant Hohenzollern, in Germany itself Wilhelm had previously been seen as far too accomodating to the British, who were generally unpopular in the ''Deutsches Reich''. He was attempting to shore up his domestic popularity. It didn't work.