Episode Description
The US-Israeli war against Iran has scholars, journalists, and pundits comparing the conflagration to Britain, France, and Israel’s invasion of Egypt to regain control of the Suez Canal after President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the strategic waterway 70 years ago.
The jury is out on whether Iran is America’s Suez. The answer is probably Yo, yes, and no.
History rendered the Suez war a symbol of the demise of the British and French colonial empires or, in the words of British historian Corelli Barnett, the “last thrash of empire.”
US pressure and the Soviet Union’s threat to come to Egypt’s aid forced Britain, France, and Israel to accept a humiliating ceasefire and withdraw their troops.
The similarities between Suez and Iran are glaring, but the differences are likely to count the most.
The jury is out on whether Iran is America’s Suez. The answer is probably Yo, yes, and no.
History rendered the Suez war a symbol of the demise of the British and French colonial empires or, in the words of British historian Corelli Barnett, the “last thrash of empire.”
US pressure and the Soviet Union’s threat to come to Egypt’s aid forced Britain, France, and Israel to accept a humiliating ceasefire and withdraw their troops.
The similarities between Suez and Iran are glaring, but the differences are likely to count the most.