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They had their heads full of visions of conquest and glory. Looking back to WWI through the lens of 2007, it would appear to us a foregone conclusion that the US would eventually enter the war on the side of the Allies. However, that is not exactly the case.
World war I alliance of Britian, France, and Russia, and later joined by Italy, the United States, and others. Associated powers. US entered the was as an associated power rather than a formal ally of France and Great Britain in order to avoid foreign entanglements.