buddy larsen
2009-11-13 12:04:01
G/20; roughly, Ike sided with Nassar, who had started the fight by closing the canal, against the Anglo/French force which went in and took back the canal. But the A/F kept it limited –did not try to force Egyptian regime change, and so the political end of the crisis just kept bubbling until a frustrated Ike, with larger strategies re Cold War in mind, made some sort of nasty threat to the A/F gov’ts, which caused the expeditionary force to sack it up and go home, turning the canal back over to Nassar, who thereafter kept it open for biz.
IIRC my readings.








