06-11-2015, 05:38 AM
(06-11-2015, 12:16 AM)RICHMONDBENGAL_07 Wrote: Lenin was in exile for a lot of WWI. The Germans purposely brought him back to Russia because he was promising to get Russia out of war (which he did), freeing up Germany's eastern front. None of that had anything to do with Wilson.
However that being said another motive for Wilsons decision to join the allies was because he knew that if Germany won the war, We would lose millions of dollars in debt to us by our European allies.
As far as whether Germany was going to win the war..... That war was obviously going to end in a stalemate and everyone would have gone home with relative ability to save face.... However wilson wanted the allies to win a lopsided victory which germany lost loads of their lands and money. Which sent the people looking for someone who wanted to promotw german values, make germany the pinnacle the of the world. This gave way to the Nazi's rhetoric.... German jobs for Germans.... Wilson's mistake here is exactly why we don't leave a country in ruins after a war any longer.
We are still paying for the mistakes of Wilson's policies giving birth to the nazi's ... We still fight then today.
