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Message: [QUOTE="Michael H. Standart, post: 42832, member: 79064"] >>Hi Monica, I wouldn't say it failed it just took a little time to get Washington to react to the public outcry,<< Two years is a long time to get anyone to react to a public outcry, especially in a nation with isolationist sentiments, and with a president who won re-election based on the premise that he kept the nation out of war and would continue to do so. While the factors leading to America's entry into the war are as many and as varied as they are complex, the straw that broke the camel's back was not the Lusitania. This incident was one that came, had a lot of fluster that went with it, and just as quickly went away. Readers might be interested in reading about [url="http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/americainww1/p/przimmermantele.htm"] The Zimmerman Telegram[/url], the full text of which is It's not hard to see why something like that would ruffle more then a few feathers. A photo of the actual encoded telegram can be seen [url="http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blywwi3.htm"] HERE.[/url] [/QUOTE]