Reply #37: I'm reading about how Wilson tried to get a league of nations [View All]

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passed, but he was so unwilling to compromise, that it was doomed. Wilson was a very good man who witnessed the attrocities of the Civil War. He gave himself a stroke working so hard to get the LoN passed in the Senate. The Republican opposition was so well financed and so organized, Wilson stood no chance of getting it passed without being less of a moral purist.

When FDR wanted to get the UN passed, he studied all the mistakes Wilson made. FDR had to go into full politician mode to get the UN passed. It's amazing how many twists and turns, and double-backs and smoke and mirrors he had to use to outwit Republican opposition.

Sometimes, for the sake of progress amd the good of mankind, it's way way way better to be an FDR than a Woodrow Wilson.