>>510411932>How? By entering the war or negotiating the peace? Yes, both. By entering the war he saved Britain and France's war efforts, destroying Germany, ensuring the rise of Bolshevism, the creation of Israel, etc. It was the greatest geopolitical blunder of all time from the perspective of a right wing American.
>actually moderate and reasonable compared to what the frogs and bongs were demanding.The British and American demands were basically the same, they wanted to keep Germany somewhat down but otherwise didn't want it partitioned because they needed a counterbalance to France and Russia.
France wanted Germany partitioned so it could never oppose France again. That was actually the more sane view than just humiliating Germany slightly and bogging it down with debt, which only served to piss the Germans off enough to fight another war. Wilson's plans were moronic even at the time.
>Teddy was actually much more bellicose and Hughes would have probably been the same.That's not really the point. While TR would have led the US into war in 1914 at least that might have meant a quick defeat of Germany and the prevention of the rise of Russia(and Israel). Wilson acted at the precise moment that aided Bolshevism and Zionism.
>Mainly against commiesNo it was against all Americans, anyone left or right who opposed the war could be thrown in jail. You probably don't know this but the right wing position going back to the revolution was anti-war the founders didn't even want a standing army.
>, but every ensuing president should be equally scorned for not repealing any of that.It's much harder to repeal something like this due to pure political inertia especially something as comprehensive and ell encompassing as the IRS or Federal Reserve system. No one today would even know where to begin.