Isn't it possible, that the United States had a very important reasons to choose Britain over Germany (other than just the prospect of a declaration by Balfour)? What you seem to disregard, is the effect having a culture, language, and family in common. Britain was also a much greater trading partner with the United States than Germany. From the very beginning, the United States bankrolled and supplied the British war effort (then as now, the world's largest arms exporter). Even Before the war, trade with Britain and France was much greater than Germany (over $800M vs $170M). From 1914 to 1917, GNP in the United States grew by 20% (much it probably due to increased trade with a Britain at war); during the war, trade with Britain and France increased to over $3 Billion (trade with Germany by 1916, I think was nil - due to the British Blockade). Further, since the United States (and especially the Northeast) was maritime nation, the idea of unrestricted submarine warfare was not good news for the United States and American shipping.
re:"the powerful banking and raw-materials cartels (jewish dominated) got rich off the war"
In the early 20th Century, "banking and raw-materials cartels" were not "jewish dominated". They were dominated by White Anglo Saxon Protestants. |
