[quote=Pasta Sentient]
We aren't going to war. We are defending economic interests and acting as a deterrent against war. If the United States attacks us, then we have cause.
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Tomato, tomatoe. You are provoking a confrontation with the USA all in the name of cotton easily attainable from other sources, threatening far more significant grain trade with the US and finished goods trade with the Northern States. To add on top, I saw no act of Parliament recognizing the CSA.