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1775Cerberus -> RE: Eric Muenter was a very bad boy! (12/9/2020 1:49:51 PM)
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There was quite the active sabotage network going in North America. Arms factories, port facilities, besides the shipments themselves. I have argued since the first SC:WW1 that the USA mobilization should be increased to reflect the events going on and the publics reaction to it.
Its a bit of a dichotomy that Wilson, a pacifist, had to deal with a very large "Warhawk" faction in the public and congress. He maneuvered, sometimes clumsily, in congress to keep the US out of the war. When the US did enter the war the Wilson government basically threw the Constitution out the window and ran the country with complete central government control. Then Roosevelt, not a "warhawk" but in some ways more progressive than even Wilson, understanding that the US would be in the war at some point needed to be prepared. Roosevelt faced a large "peace" faction in congress and the public. He, having learned from his earlier stumbles in congress and the Supreme Court maneuvered well and was able to get many pieces of what history would view as important legislation through the public and congress aiding the allies before Dec 7th, 1941.
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