"In bringing the gift of freedom to the distant un-emancipated, shall we betray so precious a cause by brute denial of freedom to those of our own blood and tradition, to our own freedom lovers within the gate? What a sorry, tragical miscarriage of wisdom!" Of the following, which best describes the significance of Norman Thomas's argument in The New Republic, 1917.
A) WWI conscription removed American liberty in order to provide liberty to others.
B) Choosing to fight with the Allies threatened the liberty of the Central Powers.
C) WWI propaganda subverted civil liberties.
D) The best interest of the nation should always supersede the best interest of the individual.
E) Sacrificing lives in order to secure economic gain was un-American.