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Name this horrible, awful, terrible president.
-He dragged the US into a war that they had no reason to be in.
-The nations we attacked had not attacked us, or in any way forced us to take action against them.
-It was largely thought that the president entered the war to secure US economic interests, although he claimed that he entered the war to "spread democracy in an area that was oppressed."
-The war cost the United States over 200 billion dollars.
-It started off involving some 25 nations, but most of them dropped out, leaving the US and one or two allies to handle it on their own.
-Hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed.
-The public outrage against the president was enormous, and he was deeply hated throughout the US.
-The president claimed that he was not trying to occupy the countries, and as soon as was able, passed soverignity back to the countries that were invaded.
Okay, go ahead and guess.
Ready?
If you guessed Woodrow Wilson, good job.
Differences between the situation faced by Woodrow Wilson and George W Bush:
-We entered World War I with little to NO provocation, whereas in this War, we were attacked first.
-Both countries that were attacked in this war had fought wars with the US before, whereas in WWI, this was not the case.
-World War 1 cost far, far more.
-The number of US casualties was 137,000. Compare that to just over 2000 now. Less than 1.5 percent.
-100 times as many civilians were killed in WWI.
-George Bush was reelected, whereas Woodrow Wilson left office hated.
Think of this:
The country was so angry about Wilsons decision to involve the US in the war that as he left office in 1920, they elected numerous new Senators who pledged to pull out our forces and return to isolation. As a result, his plan for World Peace, the 14 Point Plan, was voted down by Congress, dooming the League of Nations to failure, and dooming the World to another, much more deadly war just a generation later. Thankfully, we have made the right decision where the people of 1920 did not. We have signified that we will NOT allow this war to be fought half-assedly. I wholeheartedly believe that abandoning Iraq right now would cause an international mess that would come back to bite us later on. Although it may be difficult, we MUST stay the course and see it through. If this is World War III, I hope not to see WW4.
How many people look back now and think about how awful World War I was, and how horrible of a president Woodrow Wilson was? The vast majority of the country HATED Wilson back then, and if you had told them that that war would go down in history as a necessary step toward democracy in Europe, they would have laughed in your face.
Think about that when people complain about how George Bush is the worst president in history.
-He dragged the US into a war that they had no reason to be in.
-The nations we attacked had not attacked us, or in any way forced us to take action against them.
-It was largely thought that the president entered the war to secure US economic interests, although he claimed that he entered the war to "spread democracy in an area that was oppressed."
-The war cost the United States over 200 billion dollars.
-It started off involving some 25 nations, but most of them dropped out, leaving the US and one or two allies to handle it on their own.
-Hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed.
-The public outrage against the president was enormous, and he was deeply hated throughout the US.
-The president claimed that he was not trying to occupy the countries, and as soon as was able, passed soverignity back to the countries that were invaded.
Okay, go ahead and guess.
Ready?
If you guessed Woodrow Wilson, good job.
Differences between the situation faced by Woodrow Wilson and George W Bush:
-We entered World War I with little to NO provocation, whereas in this War, we were attacked first.
-Both countries that were attacked in this war had fought wars with the US before, whereas in WWI, this was not the case.
-World War 1 cost far, far more.
-The number of US casualties was 137,000. Compare that to just over 2000 now. Less than 1.5 percent.
-100 times as many civilians were killed in WWI.
-George Bush was reelected, whereas Woodrow Wilson left office hated.
Think of this:
The country was so angry about Wilsons decision to involve the US in the war that as he left office in 1920, they elected numerous new Senators who pledged to pull out our forces and return to isolation. As a result, his plan for World Peace, the 14 Point Plan, was voted down by Congress, dooming the League of Nations to failure, and dooming the World to another, much more deadly war just a generation later. Thankfully, we have made the right decision where the people of 1920 did not. We have signified that we will NOT allow this war to be fought half-assedly. I wholeheartedly believe that abandoning Iraq right now would cause an international mess that would come back to bite us later on. Although it may be difficult, we MUST stay the course and see it through. If this is World War III, I hope not to see WW4.
How many people look back now and think about how awful World War I was, and how horrible of a president Woodrow Wilson was? The vast majority of the country HATED Wilson back then, and if you had told them that that war would go down in history as a necessary step toward democracy in Europe, they would have laughed in your face.
Think about that when people complain about how George Bush is the worst president in history.
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