tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post900561232620820255..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Recommended: One View of Wilsonianismsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-37578761941825703822016-10-31T04:08:45.038-07:002016-10-31T04:08:45.038-07:00And the League of Nations was a first attempt at a...And the League of Nations was a first attempt at an international forum for discussion of all world issues. While it failed do to many of the combatants desires to get their 'just revenge', it did lead to today's UN and the realization that such a forum is needed. Such a forum will always succeed or fail based on the participation of the larger powers and respect for ideal differencesDavid John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-25451302396262689832016-09-24T17:36:28.802-07:002016-09-24T17:36:28.802-07:00First of all, thank you for introducing me to Prof...First of all, thank you for introducing me to Professor McDougall. I had to go back and read his full article in the '97 issue of Foreign Affairs. He is a powerful and provocative writer, and I will have to read his book on this subject.<br /><br />I will take on the task of saying some favorable words about Woodrow Wilson. First, I will concede he was racist, and second, that many of his Clark Shillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643842847976162539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82974845614473407252016-09-23T17:36:16.532-07:002016-09-23T17:36:16.532-07:00This sent me back to a favorite book, Paris 1919, ...This sent me back to a favorite book, Paris 1919, by Margaret MacMillan, from which come the following two excerpts on Wilson:<br /><br />From Page 5: "Wilson's career was a series of triumphs, but there were darker moments, both personal and political,fits of depression and sudden and baffling illnesses. Moreover, he left behind him a trail of enemies, many of them former friends. ... [Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11426730322910523798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-6931887978235907232016-09-23T15:08:16.741-07:002016-09-23T15:08:16.741-07:00No need to put a question mark after Nigeria. The ...No need to put a question mark after Nigeria. The country is oil rich and if they can control the Muslim incursion, they have the means to be successful. The average Nigerian immigrant in the US makes more money than the average white person, so Nigerians have the drive and the talent to become a great power.Tom Bernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01807029851838255487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-34448627634114401152016-09-23T14:45:36.407-07:002016-09-23T14:45:36.407-07:00I've often said how I'd punch President Wi...I've often said how I'd punch President Wilson in the nose when I run into him in hell!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569175249488616541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-6231754830748302532016-09-23T14:06:56.627-07:002016-09-23T14:06:56.627-07:00And don't forget that he also resegregated fed...And don't forget that he also resegregated federal employees and the DC school system. All in all, a dreadful, shortsighted, narrowminded person and a worse politician. On the positive side, he did write beautifully ardent love letters to his future second wife. And sent my wife's great-grandfather to Paris to do PR.samgrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09313219009321379423noreply@blogger.com