A war with the US or Germany is pointless from Britain perspective. So is it pointless for the US or Germany. Nobody benefits. Britain was perfectly willing to

A war with the US or Germany is pointless from Britain perspective. So is it pointless for the US or Germany. Nobody benefits. Britain was perfectly willing to accept the rise of the US. They were willing to accept the growth of Germany until they started behaving very aggressively. Germany could not defeat Britain in a naval race. They had already given up even trying before WW1. Why would Britain intentionally start a war, after Germany had already been defeated. That would only give them the chance to conquer France/Belgium.