Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchokwadi, kuda kwaWilson kwekuvandudza kuzvitonga uye kuzvitonga kwakanga kwakanangana chete nenyika dzeEurope pasi pehutongi hweGerman, Austro-Hungarian neOttoman empires. Haana kujekesa izvi, kunyange zvazvo zviri pachena kuti kuda kwake ukuru hukuru munharaunda idzi kwakanga kuri mukuedza kuedza kusimbisa umambo hwevavengi ivavo. Zvinangwa zvaPurezidhendi Wilson nokuda kwenyika yechitatu zvaiva panzvimbo pokuedza kupesvedzera budiriro yayo kuitira kuti iishandure kubva ku'musana' kuenda ku'kunaka,' chinangwa chiri chokuibatanidza munyika yezvokutengeserana, kuitira kuti U.S. ikwanise kubetserwa zvikuru kubva mukutengeserana neSouth yepasi rose. Uyezve, Wilson haana kudavira kuti nyika yechitatu yakanga yagadzirira kuzvitonga, achisimbisa kuti nguva yokuchengetwa nokutarisirwa kubva kumasimba ekoloni yaidikanwa kutarisira kuchinja kwakadaro. Wilson akaona iyi nzira seyakakosha ku'kukura kwakakodzera' kwenyika dzakatongwa, ichiratidza maonero ake pamusoro pokuderera kwemadzinza asiri eEurope. Uyezve, Wilson akanga asiri munhu anorwisana nekoloni kana kuti anoshingairira kodzero uye rusununguko kuvanhu vose, asi akanga ariwo musaruraganda, mutendi akasimba mukutonga kwevachena. Somuenzaniso, akanga atsigira kubatwa kwePhilippines neUnited States muna 1898
apo vaishora kupandukira kworudzi rwechiPhilippine Emilio Aguinaldo, uye vaitenda zvakasimba kuti U.S. yakanga yakasungirwa mutsika kumanikidza mararamire okuMadokero nehurumende kunyika dzakadaro, kuitira kuti pakupedzisira vagone kuzvitonga vakazvimirira.