Remember Big Cotton during the US Civil War? The south thought england would take the south's side because so much of their economy was based on southern cotton

Remember Big Cotton during the US Civil War? The south thought england would take the south's side because so much of their economy was based on southern cotton. It didn't work. The south didn't appreciate england's disgust with slavery. England developed other suppliers and found replacements. Nobody is ever quite as special as they think they are. This goes for all sides.