What's So Great About the GREAT WAR?

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Woodrow Wilson, born in the 'Confederate States of America,' remembered the devastation, the deprivation, and the degradation that comes from losing a war. He carried that with him.

On August 4th, he wrote to the leaders of the newly warring nations that he would “welcome an opportunity to act in the interest of European peace.”

Almost from the outset of the war, Woodrow Wilson was trying to find diplomatic solutions. He believed if all the heads of state could sit at a table and confer, they could probably have ended this war. There didn’t have to be a war here...

What changed his opinion leading him to quote: "We are glad to fight thus for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples...the world must be made safe for Democracy!?"

Or to put it in another way:  "I cherish peace with all my heart. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it!"  -The Peacemaker