Obama has the Wilsonian worldview ~ which is why he'd get us in a huge war. "W" has no Wilsonian illusions.
This former editor at National Review is clearly senile.
The Near East was a lot further away in those days, and the British and French were only too happy to assume control, with Wilson's blessing.
Wilson said "We intend to teach the Mexicans to elect good men," and that's the attitude Hart is talking about.
Obama has the Wilsonian worldview ~ which is why he'd get us in a huge war.
That's certainly possible. Hart is wrong about Obama.
"W" has no Wilsonian illusions.
If "W" is George W. Bush, and "Wilsonian" means "interventionist" or "world bettering", of course he does and did. Denying it now is pointless.
This former editor at National Review is clearly senile.
We can disagree with him about Obama without going nuclear on him.