Saturday, July 16, 2011

End of Empire = The Monarchy

BBC News: Reports on the burial of the last heir to the Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary, Otto von Habsburg is to be buried in Austria. The First World War finished off the Austro - Hungarian Empire, it can be argued that policy makers made a mistake at the Paris Peace talks, the Monarchy could have been used to bring stability to Eastern Europe and prevent World War Two, of course this counter factual history, but an interesting thought, shows how policy ramifications should be thought through, as with Iraq, the war at the end of the day could benefit Iran, while the West is the major loser of the War in the long term. It should be noted that Otto von Habsburg stated he was getting death threats from the Serbian Black Hand decades after World War 1, shows history never goes away folks.

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