That may well be, but Washington well understood that at that time, with the country still heavily in debt (Hamilton had not yet laid the path to solvency) we could not risk getting entangled in another war.
It was simply the reality. That was a problem with no good solution at the time.
However, what I object to is Jefferson’s WEASELLY approach to this issue. Washington was tired, but he wasn’t losing his mind. What Jefferson did was scummy and spineless.
But...having said that, there is no denying Jefferson was a great man. I simply don’t like seeing that kind of behavior in someone I admire.