I wouldn’t count the invasion of Manchuria here because, like, the other side needs to fight before it’s called a war. That was more of an essentially unopposed land grab. Invasion of Iran was definitely warmonger-y as hell no argument there, but as for Russo-Japanese war his mindset was more “they’re yellow Asian monkeys, they’ll back down if we push 'em hard enough.” He also thought he’d be able to quickly win any potential war with Japan so he wasn’t trying to deescalate by any stretch of the imagination, and government propaganda was bellicose as hell at the time, but still he was legitimately surprised when Japan declared war. As far as this particular war goes, I’d call him more hopelessly delusional than a warmonger.
Starting a war in hopes that the opposing side will yield and not a threat is still starting a war. Also your description starkly resembles something happening in a different century 🤔
Starting a war in hopes that the opposing side will yield and not a threat is still starting a war.
He didn’t do that, though. The cause of the war was Russia stepping on Japan’s toes in Korea. It was pretty provocative stuff, but he didn’t start that war. At no point did Russia take military action against Japan before the war. Now I’m not saying he didn’t cause the war because he absolutely did, but causing a war due to incompetence and stupidity isn’t how I would define a warmonger.
Also your description starkly resembles something happening in a different century 🤔
I wouldn’t count the invasion of Manchuria here because, like, the other side needs to fight before it’s called a war. That was more of an essentially unopposed land grab. Invasion of Iran was definitely warmonger-y as hell no argument there, but as for Russo-Japanese war his mindset was more “they’re yellow Asian monkeys, they’ll back down if we push 'em hard enough.” He also thought he’d be able to quickly win any potential war with Japan so he wasn’t trying to deescalate by any stretch of the imagination, and government propaganda was bellicose as hell at the time, but still he was legitimately surprised when Japan declared war. As far as this particular war goes, I’d call him more hopelessly delusional than a warmonger.
Starting a war in hopes that the opposing side will yield and not a threat is still starting a war. Also your description starkly resembles something happening in a different century 🤔
He didn’t do that, though. The cause of the war was Russia stepping on Japan’s toes in Korea. It was pretty provocative stuff, but he didn’t start that war. At no point did Russia take military action against Japan before the war. Now I’m not saying he didn’t cause the war because he absolutely did, but causing a war due to incompetence and stupidity isn’t how I would define a warmonger.
Which?
Oh, you know, the same one, by sheer coincidence