“Would you not expect us to not do the same if the roles were reversed?”
Remember how in the midst of the US Civil War that the US attacked both Britain and France for supplying weapons to the Confederacy? And then again when we bombed China for supplying weapons and men to the North Koreans? Oh, and don’t forget how we absolutely obliterated Syria for providing liberal Democrats with hummus?
Neither do I.
Still, Syria has a lot to answer for with that hummus crap of theirs!
But, perhaps you do indeed remember Germany reaching out and sinking many U.S. ships in WWII with their U-boats (submarines) when we were neutral at that time, because we were shipping weapons to Great Britain, silly little girl.
We abandoned China to suffer the communist takeover of the country, and even in Korea we were no longer the sole power with nuclear weapons. Now China wasn't one of those that had nuclear weapons, so is it any wonder why they didn't attack us? Can you explain why we refused to attack them. Heck they retired Gen. MacArthur for even suggesting doing just that.
Remember how in the midst of the US Civil War that the US attacked both Britain and France for supplying weapons to the Confederacy?
During the American Civil War, we did commit an act of war against the British on the high seas that nearly set off an international war. The USS Jacinto fired shots across the bow of the RMS Trent, boarded the Trent, and seized two Confederate diplomats enroute to England, and took them to Boston. Britain demanded the return of the diplomats.
To make a long story short, the United States returned the Confederate diplomats and avoided war with Britain.
https://diplomacy.state.gov/stories/the-trent-affair-diplomacy-britain-and-the-american-civil-war/
The Trent Affair: Diplomacy, Britain, and the American Civil WarJanuary 5, 2022
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Britain Declares Neutrality in the U.S. Civil War
Charles Francis Adams arrived at his post in London in May 1861 in an uncomfortable situation. He came one day after Queen Victoria issued Britain’s Declaration of Neutrality. This declaration, written in response to President Lincoln’s order to block Southern ports with the U.S. Navy, declared Britain would remain neutral in the U.S. Civil War.
Declaring both the North and South “belligerents” allowed the British to trade with both sides, selling military equipment and importing corn and cotton.
The above link goes to the State Department version. Trading with both sides was legal. Seizing Confederate diplomats off a British ship was an act of war.
For Wikipedia addicts, the Trent Affair is covered there as well.