Waited? Wilson campaign in the 1916 election campaigned on not entering the War. Then betrayed the American people as soon as he got elected by entering.
“Waited? Wilson campaign in the 1916 election campaigned on not entering the War. Then betrayed the American people as soon as he got elected by entering.”
So, he was ‘against the war before he was for it.’ Somewhat of a different spin on the standard flip-flopping democrat.
The so-called Zimmerman telegram was the major factor in the United States entering the war. This telegram was a proposal by the German government for Mexico to invade the United States.
When the British made the telegram public it resulted in a popular call for war. I don’t know that Wilson was ever that keen on going to war.
The Zimmerman cable had more to do with it than Wilson changing his mind.
The Germans were just plain stupid on that one.
Should have entered sooner. That’s what I said: Reagan would not have tolerated that crap.