From Out of a Progressive's War He Came

Yeah, that's right, folks, if it wasn't for Wilson shamelessly and moronically plunging America into the middle of that grinder/what was quite literally a war between imperial powers (I'm obviously talking about WW1), there would have almost certainly been a stalemate and a peace settlement in which all of the parties would have shared in equally. By getting America involved (Wilson also bribed the Russians into staying in the war and that was probably instrumental in getting the Bolsheviks into power - the war creating massive chaos and dislocations that the Bolsheviks obviously exploited), the Triple Entente was able to score a decisive victory and the end result of that was one of the most punitive (not to mention, absurd) peace treaties in all of modern history (the Treaty of Versailles) and a ground so fertile for despotism that it literally smelled of it....You'all don't like the Hitlers of the World? Try staying out of other countries' business - that might help.