Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money

Dimensional Traveler  <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

On 1/12/2025 7:45 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

But... I also think this particular war can head off future wars.  I don't
like it.  I don't think it should ever have started but I also think that
diplomats on both sides did as much as they possibly could to prevent it.

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I have to disagree with that last line.  One side did their best to
prevent it without effectively surrendering their sovereignty.  The
other side demanded surrender and invaded without warning.

Yes.  This is what happens in monarchies.  The diplomats get overriden
when the king decides differently.  It went badly for Charles I.
--scott
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