Posted on 01/02/2011 1:59:54 PM PST by Ditto
So anywhere you put him on the political spectrum is bound to be an oversimplification.
It is always tempting to attempt to peg people from long ago like Wilson or TR somewhere on our current political spectrum. But it really does not work.
Of Wilson, my humble opinion of him is that he was the Jimmy Carter of his day. As stated by another Freeper in an earlier post, Wilson always considered himself the smartest and best intentioned guy in any room he was ever in. He had an arrogance about him, and the old hard core 'real politics' guys at the Versailles conference after realizing the large ego the man had, proceeded to eat his lunch and have their way with him all the while making him think he was leading them.
Like Carter, he was a babe in the woods full of lions, tiger and bears.
God save us from fools like him.
As a side conversation, what is your thoughts on the US even entering WWI?
I tend to think we should have never played that game at all, and left Europe to its fate. Considering the disaster that 'peace' brought about a generation later when we really had no good choices, it would have probably been better to allow them all to wear themselves out and settle it rather than any of the corrupt bastards being able to claim victory or be embittered by defeat.
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