League of Nations Political Cartoon

This political cartoon illustrates the tricky political situation that arose at the ent of WWI. The US proposed a League of Nations, which was an earlier version of the UN, but then decided not to join it. The other countries were relying on the US joining the League of Nations because they needed a nation with a strong military to enforce the treaties, but the US didn't want to join because they didn't want to have to send troops to solve problems that didn't concern them. Many say that this was the biggest thing that caused the League of Nations to fail.