Mr Khan said:
Sinai war wasn't an excercise in British, French, and Israeli aggression against Egypt because they asserted their sovereignty and took over the Suez Canal? Then why did the UN (including the USA at that point) step in and stop them? |
Come on Khan. Your a better study of history then that.
The USA stepped in because the USA and USSR were in the middle of a competition to win over Egypt in the "Cold War shuffle".
The US thought if they won Egypt they could win most of the Middle East.
US Support of Egypt of the UK in who should control the Suez canal was directly supposed to be the "big play" that allowed the US to win Egypt as an ally and hopefully the rest of the middle east with it. It was a big play of Dulles.
Figlioni doesn't really seem to know his history here either... but the catalyst of the war was neither blockaiding of the Israeli's nor Israeli Agression.
The catalyst to the war was the Nationalization of the Suez Canal in direct violation of the 1949 armistance.
Isrsael was more or less a French and British puppet state used to attack Egypt. They were willing to go along because Egypt greatly improved their military with Soviet weapons sales even though the West agreed to limit weapons sales to an "Even" amount between all sides to keep the peace.
Had Israel not gone along with it. The War would of happened still. The only difference is Iraq would now be holding Soverinty over the Suez Canal.
Well probably not, since I doubt the West would of allowed them to keep control of the Suez Canal until today... but you get my point.
The US Condemned it specifially since it more or less ruined US foreign policy in the area and it was the only way to save any face and not COMPLETELY lose the middle east to the Soviet Union. Essentially England and France fucked up US Foreign policy plans good, and hid from the USA the fact that they were going to invade.
The US condemned them sepcifically to "put them in their place" and make sure they wouldn't go rogue against US policy again. Hell the whole thing inadvertantly led to the UK deciding Nuclear Brinksmanship was a good idea. Had it not been for them, chances are the 1950's and 60's would of been a lot less scarier.
