“So very many things wrong with that statement.”
Actually, at the time it was a very logical and rational stance. It was what the people wanted. As it should be right now...
I see it this way. (Just my opinion)
It wasn’t for Wilson to say yay or nay on the war and he knew it. Back then, Congress held that power. Furthermore, when war broke out in 1914, Wilson began his machinations for trapping the USA into the conflict and any presentations he may have made in favor of neutrality were contrived and false.