l Things just got out of hand result ? WW l

Now I like Beck but as to WW l. When Germany went into Belgium to get at France, England had to declare war. Or lose face something no 19 century statesman was going to do. Russia went out in 1917 and England already owed Billions to the USA. Could England have recovered...they still had the Empire? In the long run no. Germany was going to come back. ( Germany now runs the EU. Joke is: Ve tried conquering Europe but found it simpler to just buy it) Many blame the Treaty of Versailles but the Germans ware just as hard on the Russians and after 4 years of war, the people would have driven the pols in Paris and London from office, perhaps it was feared even go the way of Russia if it seemed that the Germans were being let off easy. As to Japan, Japan wanted China, that is why Japan went to war with Russia in 05 and took Korea in 1911, FDR put what we would now call sanctions on Japan to block Japan taking China and Japan was NOT having it, thus Pearl Harbor.
In closing .
I dont think any of the Euros ever in their worst nightmare figured 1914 would grow into WW l Things just got out of hand