[GOPcapitalist]

You think idiots who believe King Cotton would bring the British as ally to the CSA were far-sighted leaders?

It almost did, fake-it. Read the letters between Palmerston and Russell shortly after 2nd manassas. They were openly preparing for diplomatic intervention in the war with what Russell called "a view toward recognition" of the southern nation.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Governments develop contingence plans for any eventuality.
Short of a clear Cornfederate victory there was NO chance that England was going to recognize the South. Outside delusional minds.