I don't see how the issues were trumped up? And I don't see any foundation to the claim that the country was left in bloody civil war? It seems to me that the

I don't see how the issues were trumped up? And I don't see any foundation to the claim that the country was left in bloody civil war? It seems to me that the expedition mainly succeeded because the country was already divided, and the British were able to barter cooperation from the vaious other fractions.