[supremedoctrine]

And by the time I got to your last sentence, I was already thinking “Isn’t it interesting that ALL major wars of the 20th Century were presided over by 3 of the most “Progressive” Presidents of the 20 Century, Wilson, FDR and LBJ. Cut it or rationalize it any way you want, that’s a fact.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Indeed. On page 18 of Lippmann's book 'Public Opinion', that very thing which you state is recorded:(Citing a news dispatch from the Washington Post, no less)

Mr. Knox, interested in the question, forgets that he asked for an inquiry, and replies. If American marines had been killed, it would be war. The mood of the debate is still conditional. Debate proceeds. Mr. McCormick of Illinois reminds the Senate that the Wilson administration is prone to the waging of small unauthorized wars. He repeats Theodore Roosevelt's quip about "waging peace."

Progressives have the mindset that it's their duty to change the world, which makes them prone toward interventionism and abusing US military power.

[xkaydet65]

You left out TR who presided over the Filipino Insurrection that took more Filipino lives than the AEF killed Germans in WW1. TR was also a major supporter of US entry into WW1, and if you look at the platform of the Bullmoose Party in 1912, it was the harbinger of every Progressive extravagance of Wilson, FDR, and LBJ and Obama.