On foreign policy, Wilson was quite weak. The closest the troops got to Berlin was eastern France and the League of Nations had no Security Council. He also foolishly supported corrupt Mexican President Venustiano Carranza when he should've supported Villa and Zapata, two men who demonstrated that they cared for freedom, democracy and equal economic opportunity in Mexico.
@RichardElden The Secretary of State at the time, William Jennings Bryan even said, "A ship carrying contraband should not rely on passengers to protect her from attack. It would be like putting women and children in front of an army." The majority of newspapers were on the side of the war propaganda. The fact that the Germans knew there were weapons meant that Americans (most likely in our "honest" government) knew there were weapons. Did the passengers? No, but they were warned of the dangers.
@RichardElden Please back up your opinion with a reasonable explanation. It was "a British ship flying a British flag." It had over 4,000,000 rifle cartridges and 1,250 cases of shrapnel shells that were built by American warmongers to kill Germans. Plus the passengers were told the dangers of traveling. From our conversation it seems either you are not familiar with the facts, or you love war for war's sake and anyone else who does enough to get us in one is a "hero" to you. That's bizarre.
@RichardElden Thanks for recognizing that Stalin had more right to enter WWI than we did. We had been shipping armaments to the Allies for years before we finally declared war in 1917. The Mexico issue started; because we were supplying so many of the arms to the Allies. If I were in a war, I would want to stop the flow of arms to my enemy by cutting it off at the source as well. The sinking of ships was normal retaliation when they had arms aboard. The Lusitania did. Check your history.
@RichardElden And entering a war makes someone a hero? So Stalin entering WWII makes him a hero? Maybe you don't agree; so I need you to qualify your statements with more information besides "he entered World War I." That doesn't make much sense to anyone. If you think he saved people from dieing, OK, but back it up. Do you know how many Americans died in WWI?
Scheming, plotting, and lying was Wilson's modus operandi. "Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. [Unless I throw more peaceful and innocent lives at it! HA!]"
What a sack of crap! He knew when he was running for his second term that he was going to get us into war. It meant more power for him and his cause of control over us. He set the ground work for FDR to overtake so much of our economy that now people think we can't even eat without the government.
LOL...Wilson and his "self determination" ha ha. Please. Funny how he actually had the gall to use the Monroe doctrine as evidence of the US moral authority. What about the self determination of the Americas. He was a jackass, arrogant and stubborn. this piece was nothing but a kindergarten version equivelant of Washington and the cherry tree. Absolute crap!
@clewison Don't forget he also brought us Prohibition, the Federal Trade Commission and increased spending from under 3% of GDP to almost 20%! Sometimes I'm amazed that someone that couldn't control their temper didn't lynch the guy before his term ended. His presidency was a huge jump forward from a decently free country to the joke we are in today.
this helped me with my history homework :) haha
lexxxaayy 1 week ago
@lexxxaayy me too haha
brando21az 6 days ago
This was obviously a school project, right?
Either way, I've been looking for the full video of Woodrow Wilson actually delivering the War Message. Anyone know where it is?
12ealDeal 1 month ago
Wilson was a racist
CPAirsoft100 2 months ago
On foreign policy, Wilson was quite weak. The closest the troops got to Berlin was eastern France and the League of Nations had no Security Council. He also foolishly supported corrupt Mexican President Venustiano Carranza when he should've supported Villa and Zapata, two men who demonstrated that they cared for freedom, democracy and equal economic opportunity in Mexico.
hulkyone 4 months ago
@RichardElden The Secretary of State at the time, William Jennings Bryan even said, "A ship carrying contraband should not rely on passengers to protect her from attack. It would be like putting women and children in front of an army." The majority of newspapers were on the side of the war propaganda. The fact that the Germans knew there were weapons meant that Americans (most likely in our "honest" government) knew there were weapons. Did the passengers? No, but they were warned of the dangers.
dcorton 4 months ago
@RichardElden Please back up your opinion with a reasonable explanation. It was "a British ship flying a British flag." It had over 4,000,000 rifle cartridges and 1,250 cases of shrapnel shells that were built by American warmongers to kill Germans. Plus the passengers were told the dangers of traveling. From our conversation it seems either you are not familiar with the facts, or you love war for war's sake and anyone else who does enough to get us in one is a "hero" to you. That's bizarre.
dcorton 4 months ago
@RichardElden Thanks for recognizing that Stalin had more right to enter WWI than we did. We had been shipping armaments to the Allies for years before we finally declared war in 1917. The Mexico issue started; because we were supplying so many of the arms to the Allies. If I were in a war, I would want to stop the flow of arms to my enemy by cutting it off at the source as well. The sinking of ships was normal retaliation when they had arms aboard. The Lusitania did. Check your history.
dcorton 4 months ago
@RichardElden And entering a war makes someone a hero? So Stalin entering WWII makes him a hero? Maybe you don't agree; so I need you to qualify your statements with more information besides "he entered World War I." That doesn't make much sense to anyone. If you think he saved people from dieing, OK, but back it up. Do you know how many Americans died in WWI?
dcorton 4 months ago
@RichardElden What did he do that made him "a HERO" in your eyes?
dcorton 4 months ago
Scheming, plotting, and lying was Wilson's modus operandi. "Property can be paid for; the lives of peaceful and innocent people cannot be. [Unless I throw more peaceful and innocent lives at it! HA!]"
What a sack of crap! He knew when he was running for his second term that he was going to get us into war. It meant more power for him and his cause of control over us. He set the ground work for FDR to overtake so much of our economy that now people think we can't even eat without the government.
dcorton 4 months ago
LOL...Wilson and his "self determination" ha ha. Please. Funny how he actually had the gall to use the Monroe doctrine as evidence of the US moral authority. What about the self determination of the Americas. He was a jackass, arrogant and stubborn. this piece was nothing but a kindergarten version equivelant of Washington and the cherry tree. Absolute crap!
pieceomeat 4 months ago
@pieceomeat I agree. Was this done for someone's middle school history project? If so, I hope you freaking failed.
Wilson was a pile of garbage that did nothing for our country but ruin it. We are lucky to have lasted this long the way he planned us to go.
dcorton 4 months ago
This war, like most, was a lie. He gave us the the ruinous Fed Reserve & IRS.
clewison 5 months ago 6
@clewison Don't forget he also brought us Prohibition, the Federal Trade Commission and increased spending from under 3% of GDP to almost 20%! Sometimes I'm amazed that someone that couldn't control their temper didn't lynch the guy before his term ended. His presidency was a huge jump forward from a decently free country to the joke we are in today.
dcorton 4 months ago
This is really good! I wish that it was longer though and had the full speach, but thanks for uploading!=)
124picklegiggles 1 year ago