President Wilson And Senator Norris: A Comparative Analysis

After reading the opposing arguments put forward by President Wilson and Senator Norris I believe President Wilson made a better case, albeit by a small margin. The reasons I believe this are the following: first, Wilson touches on how Germany broke it`s word after promising to stop unrestricted submarine warfare, and resumed unrestricted warfare against neutral ships. Senator Norris makes an argument for this as well stating that the British have also violated international law by mining waterways. However, no major incidents such as the sinking of the Lusitania ever arose from British mines. Furthermore, Germany went back on its word, and started unrestricted submarine attacks again after explicitly promising not to. Second, Wilson touches
However, the country could have reacted differently, and done a couple of different things other than declare war. First, we could have become completely neutral like Senator Norris advocated for, and not shipped goods to any of the countries involved in the war. Second, we could have carried on with business as usual and accepted that Americans may be killed due to unrestricted submarine warfare. Third, we could have entered the war on the side of allies, but on a much smaller scale and committed less resources and men. Fourth, we could have declared war and completely committed to it and dedicate ourselves to winning the war. This final option is what we ended up doing. These are just of many options, but they are the most plausible options that were available at the time. Personally, I believe we made the correct decision, and handled the situation as well as it possibly could have been handled. Had we not gone to war Germany may have potentially won, and sight it`s sights on other countries, and possibly the United States itself. Only partially committing ourselves to the war would have been a bad idea as well. The war would have been prolonged further, and the outcome could have gone either way. Fully committing to the war was the best option it expedited the fall of the German Empire, and ensured that the allies would be victorious, thus ending the ability of the German autocracy to act upon it`s imperialist ambitions. To recap President Wilson gave a more convincing argument than Senator Norris because of issues like the broke promise to end unrestricted submarine warfare, the Zimmerman Telegram, and the duty of the United States to help spread democracy. The country agreed with him, and shortly after this speech the United States declared war on Germany, and we committed ourselves to bring down Germany. In conclusion, due