I’ve been watching Hamilton recently (I am very aware of the historical inaccuracies in the play) and I was wondering how Lafayette, who had been a key figure in the American Revolution, felt when they didn’t aid the French when they needed it, as some might see it.
In response to a now-deleted question in the first Hamilton AMA five years ago, u/Jordan42 said:
...by the time that Hamilton and others were debating this, Lafayette had already fallen from a position of significance in the revolutionary leadership and had been imprisoned. It was by no means clear that joining France in war would be a repayment to Lafayette or for France's aid in the American revolutionary war.
The whole answer is worth reading.