FillyofDelphi
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The problem is that even the actual entente goverment know all that, for this reason Wilson and Sixtus proposal were sent to the trashbin; you need a good reason because the Entente decided to throw the fight and award the continent to the Germans and resign to be at best the last semi-independent nation of Europe. If you think the premise it's ASB put in the proper forum
Well, one could very easily argue given Wilson's well known Anglophilic stance and broader pro Entente US policy that the French and British legitimently believe they can win in the negotiation conference what they're failing to get in the trenches; hence why we're only talking a ceasefire on a limited scale. As far as they're concerned they can restart the war at any time if the terms aren't to their liking, and can demonstrate to Wilson how truly impossible peace without victory with "The Hun" truly is, thus allowing them to draw America properly into the war. It would fit with the broader Entente "High Geopolitics" grand strategy and the obsession with achieving a decisive battle/move on the diplomatic chessboard, with the paired failure in practice to produce the results they want.