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		oblio on Feb 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Estonia, allies to trigger NATO Article 4 The assassination was a pretext. Austria-Hungary had been thinking about invading Serbia for decades. I dislike this historical view where the little guy is blamed.

floodle on Feb 24, 2022 [–]

You are agreeing with OP here.

OP's point is that an act can seem small on the surface ("a guy got assassinated") but triggered a larger war because there are greater tensions and forces at play ("Austria-Hungary had been thinking about invading Serbia for decades").

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