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To: hanamizu

No; 1917 was not an abrogation of the Monroe Doctrine. Much as I despise Wilson, he knew that he could not ignore the real threat that the public wanted to deal with (not him; he was re-elected [I presume; don’t know how far back stolen elections go at this point] on the craven slogan “He Kept Us Out Of War”), certainly if he valued his political survival.


53 posted on 06/11/2022 11:35:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Much as I despise Wilson, he knew that he could not ignore the real threat that the public wanted to deal with...


I’m not saying that there weren’t real reasons for us to enter WWI, but our entrance did abrogate the half of the Monroe Doctrine that most have never heard of. It was sort of a quid pro quo...you don’t mess with ‘our’ continent and we won’t mess with yours.

Europe often had good reasons for interfering with the independent American nations, usually debt, but that didn’t stop us from warning them off.


55 posted on 06/11/2022 11:59:28 AM PDT by hanamizu
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