Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
I don't know that they're any nicer than Ukrainians. Or any other group, really.

Timely question: were the Brits on "the wrong side" of the First World War?
Probably. But the Brits had not realised they were not all powerful and were merely quite powerful - the time to prevent Prussia gaining power in continental Europe was siding with France in the Franco-Prussian war - siding with the damned Republic against Victoria's own family...? After that was missed the cost to recreate the "balance" was pretty much the Empire - sure, it would have faded but this was the start of the catalyst.

Britain should have stood with their historic allies in Prussia / Germany and defeated their historic enemies the French - illustrated that France still dislikes Britain (and vice versa) even though the two were allies in both world wars and beyond. But it was a fratricidal mess where the lower orders were pulled in like chess pieces.