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Sigh. Firstly, the idea of paying France and Britain would NOT get any support among the Americn elites. Since French and British elites are smart, they would essentially demand the complete forgiveness of all their debts to US - which would severly cripple the US financial system.


Secondly, the average Johns and Jeans in trenches would not see any of that money. They would all go to powers to be at the top. For them, the situation is "you should suffer a bit more, because Americans are playing big boys". Should I remind you, that when French government tried to hold he fleet in Black Sea against Bolsheviks, it caused a full-scale revolt? Peoples get tired of war; they want to go home. They are running on last fumes of patriotism, and money do not replace it.


Thirdly, as I mentioned above: US army could NOT took the whole Western front. At least not until deep in 1919. So essentially, either US army would be forced to advance with its flank bare, and any counterstrike leading to immediate disaster, or US army would be forced to rely on Entente troops to support them on flanks. Which they did not want to do.


So essentially to wage this ridiculous war, the US would be forced not only to completely forgive all debts of UK and France (which, combined with already lost Russian debt would means collapse of US financial system), but also pay a ridiculous sum of money to French and British soldiers directly, to prevent them from revolting. Summing up with the expenses of war, the US would be ruined.


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