Warning against permanent foreign alliances of these two warnings shows more foresight.
Explanation:
George Washington was the first president of the USA and was a man of incredible political acumen and foresight.
He was widely respected across the globe and in his country but understood that foreign alliances are volatile and can shift goalposts often.
He was predicting in a sense, World War 1, which could have impacted USA much worse had they been part of the elaborate war alliance developed before the war started.
Fortunately for them, until then they were in isolation.
