A defensive measure prompted by French contracts. Were you to hire British contractors to build a line of forts, then I would have been more than happy to provide you with the engineers, materials, etc. Germany, you could have had a line of defenses, constructed by the British, but you didn't.
Greeks, do I fear a fleet that will be constrained by ill-trained naval officers who have commanded nothing better than a tug-boat? A fleet that will be stopped at the Straits of Gibraltar?
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