... with two stones; avoid war, and keep other international democracies safe. The American people would have nothing of it, however. Public opinion was firmly against any intervention in European or Asian affairs. The American people would rather sit back, take a seat, and see how the other nations would fight "their war". Roosevelt was publicly forced to abandon his ideas of quarantining ... the waters, and took what was given to him. In the end, his course would bring the American people to war on the side of the allies. A war that all Americans eventually felt was just, and needed to be...

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