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To: sparklite2
Finally, after winning reelection in 1916 on the slogan "He kept us out of war," Wilson had Congress declare war on Germany in April 1917, although neither Germany nor any of its allies had attacked or threatened the United States. At the peace conference that followed the November 1918 armistice, Wilson's idealistic rhetoric was drowned out by the imperial and territorial ambitions of the British and French that left Germany and the former Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires in a shambles.

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Nor should it be forgotten that this U.S. role has cost Americans dearly in other ways: hundreds of billions of dollars in tax money; the growth and increased intrusiveness of the federal government; and their placement in harm's way throughout the world. This has been a heavy price to pay for Woodrow Wilson's war ambitions.

See: Wilson's War: How Woodrow Wilson's Great Blunder Led to Hitler, Lenin, Stalin and World War II

56 posted on 11/09/2015 9:47:15 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala
I don't think it was Wilson who drove the German economy into the ground through Versaille, creating social conditions that necessitated the emergence of a strong horse, ie, Hitler. Indeed your excerpt makes the case.

Wilson's idealistic rhetoric was drowned out by the imperial and territorial ambitions of the British and French that left Germany and the former Austro-Hungarian and Russian Empires in a shambles.
I blame France first and foremost.
58 posted on 11/09/2015 9:59:03 PM PST by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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