Furthermore, Britain should have stayed out, too. Why the sudden love for the French?
Britain might very well still have her Empire today had she stayed out.
Stay out of what?
The Brits were dragged into the war by the attack on Belgium. To break their promises would have been to lose face and look like they were ripe to be attacked.
Not to mention, Wilson left the Lusitania unavenged for two years, and even worse, got re-elected on the craven slogan “He Kept Us Out Of War”.