Fourteen Points

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points were unrealistic. I agree somewhat with the other posts on the subject thus far in some cases. I agree that the attitude in the Points is too idealistic and that the countries during the time period had conflicting agendas. I agree that more compromises could have been made and that compromise might have helped to get more accomplished. But first and foremost I think that it is not the specific problem of the world atmosphere, the differing agendas and the overall circumstances that inhibited Wilson's Fourteen Points but the whole concept of international government and regulation. All the countries of the world have different fundamental values and needs and goals and wants and global regulations such as economic guidelines and worldwide laws as we know them simply do not work, can not work and did not work when Wilson was fighting for them in the early 20th century. Bridging the Foreign Policy divide is still a seemingly insurmountable problem and Wilson wasn't the first to be a little off base with his ideas. And he definitely wasn't the last.