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Entry: Say It Loud: Isolationist-Proud! Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/say_it_loud_isolationist_and_proud#14752 Post contents: Sid Cundiff, I think the most damaging president on your (and likely many other) list is Woodrow Wilson. He tied the USA to the Anglo-Saxon biased foreign politics, which seems to be perpetual war, colonisation, and the coveting of the unearned. His politics was extremely one-sided in these matters, even though the US was a multi-ethnic state. The US entry into WWI brought enormous destruction to the European continent: cultural, artistic, and scientific powerhouses were destroyed (mainly Germany and Austria-Hungary) due to the war itself, and prevented from regenerating due to the peace treaties in the war's aftermath. It is not entirely Wilson's fault what happened in the aftermath of the war, the blame also goes to Lloyd George and Clemenceau, who insisted on destroying Germany and Central Europe for many decades to come, perhaps because they feared competition. Wilson's internal politics corresponded to his visions of foreign affairs. This can be seen not only from the establishment of the Federal Reserve system, but also from smaller issues like banning the film Spirit of '76, which gave a negative role to British Soldiers (considering that it was about the American Revolution, it is hard to fathom a positive role for British soldiers). Sent at: 2008 11 21