The Energy of Empire 16. Making the World Safe for Democracy - The USA Enters WWI

The war was sold to Woodrow Wilson as a way to become a Christ-like saviour of the world. Wilson, who truly believed God had appointed him President, was seduced by advisors such as ‘Colonel’ Edwin Mandel House, into believing he would be the one to bring peace to the world. To support the show and for access to the forum and regular online meetups see: https://payhip.com/b/Sq0ZB Buy me a Coffee page: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DSConsciousness   Notes Rodney Howard-Browne and Paul L. Williams, The Killing of Uncle Sam: The Demise of the United States of America:  https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Uncle-Sam-Demise-America/dp/1640070974   Judge Andrew Napolitano, Theodore and Woodrow, How Two American Presidents Destroyed Constitutional Freedoms: https://www.judgenap.com/theodore-and-woodrow-how-two-american-presidents-destroyed-constitutional-freedoms/   The Costs of War: America's Pyrrhic Victories (essays by Ralph Raico and Murray Rothbard): https://mises.org/library/costs-war-americas-pyrrhic-victories   Jim MacGregor and Gerry Docherty, Prolonging the Agony: How the Anglo-American Establishment Deliberately Extended WWI by Three-And-A-Half Years: https://tinyurl.com/b7d9dzfr   Ralph Raico lecture: The World at War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTupV8o3mW4   The World War One Conspiracy, documentary by James Corbett: https://www.corbettreport.com/wwi/