USA in WWI caused Communism, Socialism, Nazism, Fascism across Europe?

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USA in WWI caused Communism, Socialism, Nazism, Fascism across Europe? A supposed quote from Winston Churchill in 1936: "America should have minded her own business and stayed out of the World War [WWI]. If you hadn't entered the war the Allies would have made peace with Germany in the Spring of 1917. Had we made peace then there would have been no collapse in Russia followed by Communism [Socialism], no breakdown in Italy followed by Fascism, and Germany would not have signed the Versailles Treaty, which has enthroned Nazism [Socialism] in Germany. If America had stayed out of the war, all these 'isms' wouldn't today be sweeping the continent of Europe and breaking down parliamentary government — and if England had made peace early in 1917, it would have saved over one million British, French, American, and other lives." Published as having been made in an (August 1936) interview with William Griffin, editor of the New York Enquirer, who was indicted for sedition by F.D.R.'s Attorney General Francis Biddle in 1942. In a sworn statement before Congress in 1939 Griffin affirmed Churchill had said this; Congressional Record (1939-10-21), vol. 84, p. 686. In 1942, Churchill admitted having had the 1936 interview but said he did not recall having made the statement (The New York Times, 1942-10-22, p. 13). It is a reminder of that dreadful old joke "Where was Hitler born?" to which Lady Astor said "in Versailles."
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