Do you want to take another try at that?
Sorry, I fail to see any misunderstanding or what you are trying to say here.
I said:
I say that is a bogus thought. Why?
WW1 Germany was in it for the long haul to take land and not give it back. What sort of "compromise" would have there been if they won instead?
None. No compromise. Winner take all. That's why I believe that thought is flawed (US to blame by its intervention)
In which you said:
Why is that America's problem?
I then said:
When Germany attacked its trade ships continuously before the US eventually was forced to when Germany officially made declaration to attack US ships entering Britain's seas.
Germany is the one that made the declaration of war basically. Just like WW2, the US had its hand forced to join.
By trying to avoid the problem, the US made its problem worse by not intervening sooner.
I suppose I could do some sort of "step by step"
Germany = The aggressor
US = Isolationist
US civilian trade ships = Attacked by Germany - either damaged or sunk years before US officially went to war (hand was forced into it war by Germany's official mandate to destroy anything approaching the British sea zones, thereby sinking civilian vessels)
US = notable ship and citizen loses are the SS Housatonic and the RMS Lusitania. One carried passengers and one had cargo of wheat and flour.
Germany = before the Housatonic was sunk they had declared unrestricted warfare. Due to these kind of events, this forced the US's hand in declaring war late into a war that had raged 3 plus years already.
Germany = If they would have left US civilians and ships alone, they US would not have joined the fight.
France = Because the war lasted so long, the damage suffered in Northern Europe was catastrophic. France suffered such a loss that this made the people and the leader Clemencaeu the most vindictive against Germany. Even the British prime minister David George at the time vowed to "Make Germany Pay".
The Allied 3 or "Big 3"= Of the 3 allies that signed the treaty with Germany, 2 were of a vindictive nature (France/Britain). They are the ones (not the US) who truly wanted Germany to suffer. They are the ones, that if anyone is to blame for a Hitler, they would be it. They are the ones that joined the League of Nations also, not the US. The US still wished to remain out of spotlight.
Have you maybe considered that the British and French might be more to blame for Hitler than the US? They both vowed to "make Germany pay", the US didn't make such remarks like that.
If the US had a isolationist policy these days, the world would be much different. Possibly more wars against our allies would result since aggressors would know the US would remain silent. The US couldn't remain silent anymore. Staying out of the fight is more disastrous than intervening. Hence why the US is "world police" as they say now. This stance has probably avoided other "world wars" that would have been more costly.
