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Britain Should Not Have Fought in the First World War
Intelligence Squared
The British Government Made the Right Decision Knowing What It Knew
I do feel that the British government made the right decision knowing what it knew at the time. No one in the government could see four years down the road, they couldn't see a week down the road. I think we also need to remember that the Belgian case was not just something that you weigh in a scale. Tiny little country with good fruits and beer, but not as important as all the British who were going to die. That was not the sort of calculation they were making or they could have made.
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