With His Bullet, Came the Dominos

   Ever heard of Gavrilo Princip? He started the world's first world war.
   This day has marked the 100th anniversary of Princip's pulling the trigger and killing the archduke of Austria. June 28, 1914, set in motion an series of events that led to such upheaval and war as the world had never seen. Four empires were brought down. Millions of lives were lost.
   With the United States entering the fray and making the difference, the Great War marked the emergence of the U.S. as the world's policeman, and as the world's greatest war power.
   Out of the ashes of the Great War came the idea of self-determination, letting parts of nations determine if they break away and go on their own.
   And, some say the roots of World War II are to be found in World War I.
   What change, then, this 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip unleashed upon the globe. And, consider that he did it with a gun, a single gun, I believe, as opposed to using an arsenal when he shot the Archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand.
   Somewhere in Princip's upbringing, he learned the ways of the gun. And, with his bullet, came the dominos.