Talk:Earlier Brest-Litovsk

Let's see. There were two events that rove America into war with the Germans. They were the sinking of the Lusitania, and the Zimmerman Telegram. The Lusitania was because of the German unrestricted subamrine warfare. The Germans had to do it if they wanted to beat Britain. There was no other way. The fact that Americans were getting blown up trying to cross the Atlantic, and America wasn't even in the war got people really mad, although they did ignore the Germans warnings in the newspapers, and the claims that the ship was carrying weapons (later proved true).

The other event was the Zimmerman Telegram. In it, the Germans promised support to Mexico in return for going to war with America, and perhaps an alliance with Japan. Not only would this surely provoke America, but it doesn't mean anything, snce Mexico was in near anarchy, and the Germans had no way to get support to Mexico. Considering how provocative the Germans were, you would have to be extremely isolationist to prevent America from joining. They joined after the Germans had inadvertently threatened to bring the Great War to the American continent. Why wouldn't the USA go to war over that? Azecreth 15:06, September 25, 2011 (UTC)