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goobster  ·  2720 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: D.C. and Maryland to sue President Trump, alleging breach of constitutional oath

Or, more to the point, the Austro-Hungarian parliament, who was looking for a reason to attack Serbia, and had been for more than two years.

They re-branded Princip as "Serbian military" - which he wasn't, in any way shape or form - which then they used as pretext to attack Serbia, and start the war.

The bullet helped. But only because the rest of the machine had been waiting for a starter's pistol for years...