[weikel]

I wouldn't have let anything get that far( I agree the Zimmerman telegram was a dumba** move) I would have told the Brits to f*** off with the blockade of American shipping to the north sea.

[hayfried]

Now we're getting somewhere.

But then, what exactly does telling the Brits to f*** off mean?

Business was booming for the US as a neutral supplier to both sides, but especially to the Allies. Should Congress have passed a law making it illegal to trade with the Brits? Would such a law even have been constitutional? Could the President and Congress have endured the political fallout from choking off trade and causing a recession?