NY Times gets it wrong as usual = Suez Signaled Britain’s Slide. Could Iran Do That for U.S.?

[JBG]

The linked New York Times article (Link to article, no paywall, print edition headline, Suez Signaled Britain’s Slide. Could Iran Do That for U.S.?) attempts to draw a misleading parallel between The West's self inflicted wounds in 1956 and Trump's attempt to do exactly the opposite. In 1956 (in the nature of full disclosure I was still in utero). In 1956 Great Britain and France, assisted by the nascent state of Israel, was seeking to prevent the expropriation of A major western asset. let's be clear; The Suez Canal was constructed by Great Britain At a point when Egypt would have been utterly incapable of building such a canal. Indeed, it still would be. Great Britain and France were on the verge of recapturing the canal, with, as I said Israeli assistance. Great Britain and France were on the verge of recapturing the canal, with, as I said Israeli assistance. Eisenhower, kneeling to "decolonization" and wanting to appease Nasser (sound familiar) ordered Britain, France and Israel to stop, dead in their tracks.

What is happening now The United States, on behalf of the supine West Com Is dismantling A major Barbarian power. It is thus just the opposite of what happens in 1956. In fact, the sophisticated and tired/tiresome poo-bahs of the New York Times, the United Nations and Western Europe would prefer "inevitable" decline and preserving social welfare to fighting for freedom. Freedom is not free.Extracts of the article are below.

Historical analogies are never exact. But with the tenuous cease-fire deal in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, some are asking whether this is a “Suez” moment for the United States, marking the waning of American power and credibility in the world.

The Suez crisis took place in October 1956, when Britain, France and Israel attacked Egypt to force open the Suez Canal. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with an election days away, ordered them to stop. Prime Minister Anthony Eden of Britain resigned. President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt became a hero of anti-colonialism.

Suez became shorthand for the moment that Britain, exhausted from World War II, gave way as a global power to the United States.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/...e_code=1.Z1A.OWnT.qoKXHE5HIE8x&smid=url-share

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

You call yourself a liberal democrat. There is no such thing.

 

[cnm]

Indian independence signalled the UK's slide.