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Re:The Trent Affair: When the Union and Great Britain Nearly... by Zerubbabel on Sunday November 12, 2017 @03:41PM (#15682528)
So that the UK could eventually conquer the United States and seize all cotton production as per the original British conquest and institution of the colonies.

The rest of what the above poster speaks is true. If you are unsure, you need to examine history more carefully before you think yourself a fit judge of "nut jobs".

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Re:The Trent Affair: When the Union and Great Britain Nearly... by walshemj on Sunday November 12, 2017 @04:00PM (#15682609)
Why would you want to conquer another country when you had vast resources already available in India.

Though if the anti catholic obsession of the monarchy had been replaced by one to recover the colonies 1812 would have been the time.

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Re:The Trent Affair: When the Union and Great Britain Nearly... by arca_vorago on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:27AM (#15684859)
Very cool name selection by the way. I hope you stick around hn.
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