Did the US make the correct decision to enter the First World War?

[Ideologue]

Yes.  Should have entered earlier so that the Provisional Government in Russia had a chance.

Does the non-existence of the USSR help or hinder progressive development in the West?

Probably hinders.  If nothing else, the Soviets offered a glimpse at what might happen if you take no steps to ameliorate the lot of the proletariat, and puts pressure on market-committed governments to take at least some measures.  While a full-on revolution was probably never going to, and never will, happen in America.

I'd like to take this moment to thank all those dead kulaks.

[Queequeg]

No Communism to scare Europe in to Fascism. The Socialists are united behind the SPD model.  Eventually it evolves along slightly pro-market lines.

Almost entirely positive.  The USSR was the greatest disaster of the 20th century, and Communism one of the great evils in all of history. 

[Razgovory]

They weren't going to win but in a theoretical situation where they do, it wouldn't be great for American interests.

Germany wasn't a danger to the US, and wouldn't be a danger to the US.  The only country that was a danger to the US at the time was Japan, an Entente state.

[Sheilbh]

Germany wasn't a danger to the US, and wouldn't be a danger to the US.  The only country that was a danger to the US at the time was Japan, an Entente state.

If they'd won and enacted their plans - especially after the first year - Germany definitely would've been a danger too the US.

[Admiral Yi]

It lost them little and they got to play a full part in remaking the world- that they lost interest in this soon afterwards is where a problem lies

The US had minimal input on Sykes-Picot.

[CountDeMoney]

No Communism to scare Europe in to Fascism. The Socialists are united behind the SPD model.  Eventually it evolves along slightly pro-market lines.

Wrong.  The US staying home would not have mattered in the least to what was happening in Russia. 

The USSR was the greatest disaster of the 20th century, and Communism one of the great evils in all of history.

You're so full of shit.

[Razgovory]

Germany wasn't a danger to the US, and wouldn't be a danger to the US.  The only country that was a danger to the US at the time was Japan, an Entente state.

If they'd won and enacted their plans - especially after the first year - Germany definitely would've been a danger too the US.

Oh?

[CountDeMoney]

If they'd won and enacted their plans - especially after the first year - Germany definitely would've been a danger too the US.

Oh?

They were very, very interested in the Caribbean and Latin America, in your typical German military expansionist kinda way.  It's not news.

[Ideologue]

No Communism to scare Europe in to Fascism. The Socialists are united behind the SPD model.  Eventually it evolves along slightly pro-market lines.

Wrong.  The US staying home would not have mattered in the least to what was happening in Russia.

No, he's possibly onto something.  An early U.S. entry might (emphasis on might) have lessened the pressure on the Provisional Government.  That said, the Provisional Government was unbelievably stupid for continuing to try to prosecute a lost war and one that never served a compelling national interest.

You're so full of shit.

Even I concede Stalinism had excesses, man.

[CountDeMoney]

No Communism to scare Europe in to Fascism. The Socialists are united behind the SPD model.  Eventually it evolves along slightly pro-market lines.

Wrong.  The US staying home would not have mattered in the least to what was happening in Russia.

No, he's possibly onto something.  An early U.S. entry might (emphasis on might) have lessened the pressure on the Provisional Government.  That said, the Provisional Government was unbelievably stupid for continuing to try to prosecute a lost war and one that never served a compelling national interest.

Wrong.

You're so full of shit.

Even I concede Stalinism had excesses, man.

It's one of the great evils of the 20th century, but not the greatest evil in all of history. like Spelltard says.  That apparently is Wilsonian democracy.

[garbon]

No Communism to scare Europe in to Fascism. The Socialists are united behind the SPD model.  Eventually it evolves along slightly pro-market lines.

Wrong.  The US staying home would not have mattered in the least to what was happening in Russia.

No, he's possibly onto something.  An early U.S. entry might (emphasis on might) have lessened the pressure on the Provisional Government.  That said, the Provisional Government was unbelievably stupid for continuing to try to prosecute a lost war and one that never served a compelling national interest.

Wrong.

You're so full of shit.

Even I concede Stalinism had excesses, man.

It's one of the great evils of the 20th century, but not the greatest evil in all of history. like Spelltard says.  That apparently is Wilsonian democracy.

Seeds - forever in a world of black and white.

[CountDeMoney]

Seeds - forever in a world of black and white.

Right, because the Europeans did foreign policy so fucking well.

[Ideologue]

He said "one of."

[garbon]

Seeds - forever in a world of black and white.

Right, because the Europeans did foreign policy so fucking well.

Why does it have to be either or?

[CountDeMoney]

Why does it have to be either or?

I'm sure Mr. Wilson would've been open to your alternatives at the time, whatever they may have been.