What's all that bollocks about people saying the war had to be fought?

Judging today's enlightenment and reasoning by yesterday's propaganda again are we Keith?

By today's standards the government would be in the dog house with the public for failing to sort issues through what Churchill called "jaw jaw not war war." So would the German government. The Kaiser wouldn't have the power he wielded in today's Europe. Look how democracy in the east of Europe is only slowly progressing because fearing and supporting dictators is still so natural. Many Russians follow Putin despite his oppression of them. He gets away with homophobia whilst portraying himself as a gay icon for fucks sake. We tend to be more sophisticated in the west. Hence you can't pass modern judgements on historical values.

To judge by today's standards is false. For instance, propaganda would have been easier in those days as most people were naturally gullible. The high numbers of people attending church and believing all that mind fuck being a prime example of how impressionable people were in those days.