RE: 4,500 U.S. soldiers dead, another 32,000 wounded, nearly two trillion dollar price tag...
More Amerian soldiers died and were wounded in the Civil War, and the First and Second World War. Were those wars not worthy of being fought too?
World War I was completely useless. Definitely NOT worthy. It marked the start of the suicide of the West. Wilson pretended to be for neutrality, but then lied Americans into a war which merely became a prequel to WWII. But it knocked France and England down, and basically handed the USA their empire
That is a stupid comparison. Please feel bad for even trying it.
The War of Northern Aggression should definitely not have been fought. If 7 states wanted to go their own way, if they no longer consented to be ruled over by the federal government in Washington DC, so be it. Let them go in peace.
As for the 2nd world war....there would have been no 2nd world war had America not gotten involved in the 1st world war. Both sides in WW1 were exhausted. They couldn’t have carried on much longer. Without America getting involved they would have had to reach a reasonable negotiated settlement that would have left the constitutional monarchies in Germany in place. The Hapsburg Empire would not have been destroyed creating an enormous power vacuum in Eastern Europe that would be filled first by the Nazis and then by the Commies. The monstrosity of Yugoslavia would not have been created slapping 7 different ethnic groups who hated each other together in one entity paving the way for future bloodbaths.
With no Versailles Treaty, and the constitutional monarchy still in place in Germany, Hitler would have remained a corporal in the army after having failed as a painter. No political career for him would have been possible.