britain tried to help the confederacy, no?
“britain tried to help the confederacy, no?”
The UK considered it...and had Gettyburg been a Confederate win, perhaps they would of backed southern independance.
My main point is—as civilized as we think we are—in an era without any “weapons of mass destruction” the USA—primarily by the actions of the US government—killed a LOT of our own civilians, during a relatively short period of time.
This should cause us some circumspection about getting involved one iota...in the Syrian civil war.
the Russians stopped them
There were those in Britain willing to help, I don’t believe it was a national policy. Some ship yards aided the South at the very least.
France invaded Mexico during the war.
Their failure resulted in our celebration of cinco de Mayo.