Responding to WWI Part 1

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One of the biggest things that amazes me about WWI is how it was so easily started. All it took was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914. The worst part, is that the attempt wasn't even really that successful. It took seven people to kill Franz Ferdinand; the first three chickened out, and the fourth one, Nedelko Cabrniovic, managed to throw a bomb at the Archduke's car but he missed and hit a neighboring car, he then managed to fail at killing himself with an expired cyanide capsule. Although Carbniovic failed, the explosion made his accomplices believe that he succeeded, and they went off to get a drink in celebration. Had Franz Ferdinand's driver not taken a wrong turn on their way to visit the victims of the bomb that was meant for himself, he may have never been assassinated. If it weren't for chance Gavrilo Princip wouldn't have seen the Archduke and shot him. I find it amazing that even though the assassins were doing a horrible job, they still managed to succeed. Because of this "blunder" a major war was started. I understand that a major leader was killed, but a war doesn't seem entirely necessary. In the U.S. we've had our fair share of leaders assassinated, granted by other U.S. citizens, but you don't see us starting another Civil War over it.