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Weapon Shipments During WWI 2017-08-17 12:20:41 Post No. 3256095
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I'm confused about something. Since America and Wilson both wanted to stay neutral during WWI, why did American ships transport weapons to the allies? Obviously they would be targeted by German U-boats. Why weren't the weapons simply sold to Canada, and let them deal with transporting them to Europe?
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>>3256095
Because goal was to join war. Ships were with night lights.
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>>3256095
Same reason why we sold a fuckton of steel to Hitler.
Money.
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>>3256095
Because Wilson's neutrality was one-sided. He very clearly favored the Entente over the Central Powers while at the same time. The biggest example of this is the two-faced why that the government dealt with the "freedom of the sea" issue. Germany was condemned for using U-boats, but Britain was not condemned for its blockade.
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>>3256940
http://mentalfloss.com/article/64911/wwi-centennial-bryan-resigns-amid-neutrality-controversy
>In 1914 the State Department condemned the British naval blockade of Germany, which disrupted American trade, and also protested the Admiralty’s order that British ships should fly neutral flags in the war zone to deceive German submarines.
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>>3256945
Okay, you got me there, but it doesn't change the fact that America didn't actually do anything about the blockade, whereas they did do something about U-boats.
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