[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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You also said that any attack against the Confederacy would be one against you. Once that inevitably happens it doesn't mean your people will be alright with it. Odds are the American fleet will be able to block off the CSA coast first before a British task force arrives.

Edit: Parliament act so much like bored said.