Wilson did nothing wrong

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>Keeps America out of war his entire first term
>Wants nothing more than to act as mediator >Advocates "Peace Without Victory"
>After Britain cuts Germany's only cable to the US, Wilson makes sure to provide Germany with another line of communication just in case they want talk about negotiations.

>During March 15, the Lusitania is torpedoed
>Instead of war, Wilson negotiates with the German government, resulting in the end of unrestricted submarine warfare


>On February 1, 1917, Germany announces that they will resume in unrestricted U-boat Warfare
>Wilson asks his cabinet if they want to declare war.
>The cabinet in unanimously in favor of war
>Wilson STILL doesn't declare war, instead he tentatively asks congress for permission to arm American merchant vessels as a purely defensive measure

>Zimmerman telegram is released
>Wilson STILL does not declare war, he thinks it might be a British trick
>Only after Zimmerman publicly admits that the telegram is genuine does he start to seriously consider declaring war

>Wilson goes into seclusion, clearly very troubled
>Eventually he emerges from hiding, and again he asks the Cabinet what they think he should do.
>The entire cabinet says to declare war
>Wilson finally agrees and asks Congress to declare war on Germany
>After Wilson signs the bill to declare war on Germany, he starts sobbing uncontrollably, he doesn't recover for days

>Fast forward to the end of the war
>Wilson consistently argues that defeated nations should be treated with respect
>It is Wilson's 14 points that finally get Germany to agree to surrender, ending the Great War
>Britain ignores the 14 points in post-war negotiations, leaving Germany feeling tricked and betrayed, sowing the seeds of WW2

[fast forward 100 years]

>People think that Wilson was some sort of depraved warmonger, when in fact he was easily the most enlightened and conscientious leader of the decade