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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Geoffrey Aronson) - Is Hormuz Washington’s Suez Moment?

Battlefield heroics don’t always translate into strategic victories. The post Is Hormuz Washington’s Suez Moment? appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Is Hormuz Washington’s Suez Moment? Battlefield heroics don’t always translate into strategic victories. On July 26, 1956, Egypt’s President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company, a British/French-controlled entity managing the operation of the Suez Canal, a critical chokepoint in international maritime commerce since its opening in the later 1800s. Nasser acted in order to fund the Aswan High Dam after promised financing  by the World Bank was rescinded by Western leaders—principally Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Prime Minister Antony Eden—who were frustrated by Nasser’s Cold…Open