From little things come unexpected results, in 1914 no one thought that three bullets fired in Sarajevo could kill millions and destroy the culture and people of Western Europe. Everyone thought that if the “right people” had a “reasonable talk” with the other “right people” everything would settle down. Very few people wanted war but, once the process began, it was inexorable.

I think we are at a position of having two shots fired, and the hammer is being drawn back on the third.