In Nineteenth-Century England, Richard Cobden Was Critical of Traditional Diplomacy

In nineteenth-century England, Richard Cobden was critical of traditional diplomacy but supported the norm of nonintervention because

A) the norm had originated in France and like Edmund Burke, Cobden embraced ideas from the French Revolution.
B) English radical liberals were opposed to ideas such as universal suffrage and ending poll taxes.
C) the norm originated in Moghol India, a state with which the English government was seeking an alliance against Safavid Iran.
D) moral arguments in support of interventions were motivated by power politics and mischief making.