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Wilson Was a Reformer Imperialist
Wilson was known as a reformer imperialist. Now that means he did reject a lot of the obvious cruelties of European style colonialism but he still wanted the US to be able to loot and culturally dominate an entire continent. He framed this as simple compassion on his part he thought the United States should use its power to ensure good government in nearby lands. Wilson basically says if anything starts happening in these Latin American governments that we don't approve of in the United States we'll send in the Marines to fuck them up. The Marine Corps are very mobile, they like boats which are useful for traveling places I've been told so you know what is also useful for traveling Places? They're coming and