Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, the best option is that he knew a land invasion would cost thousands of lives.
Answer: if i am not mistaken the answer is pearl harbor.
Explanation:
disclaimer: my knowledge comes form Hamilton the all american musical. it is historically correct for the most part.
There is no poem to read and go off of.
On July 2, 1921, U.S. President Warren G. Harding signed the Knox–Porter Resolution, which had been passed by the U.S. Congress and ended the state of war between the U.S. and Germany, Austria and Hungary, further setting the stage for bilateral peace treaties.