The US didn't have a standing army in the war of 1812, there's no comparison to today Germany didn't realize anything. WW1 Germany were extremely foolish wrt

The US didn't have a standing army in the war of 1812, there's no comparison to today Germany didn't realize anything. WW1 Germany were extremely foolish wrt the Zimmermann telegram. Mexico had absolutely no hope of seriously fighting America at that point and the only thing the Telegram did or could do was to bring America into the war against Germany. And then when British spies leaked it Germany admitted it and America declared war on Germany