Analysis: "Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US."

It "risks repeating the 1956 Suez crisis, which hastened the end of sterling as a global reserve currency & forced imperial retreat".

"Empires decline when their military reach outpaces their political strategy..their economic foundations weaken..

.."& when the people they seek to dominate endure long enough to outlast their overwhelming force."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/suez-sounded-death-knell-british-empire-hormuz-may-do-same-us

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #Suez .

Analysis: "Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US."

It "risks repeating the 1956 Suez crisis, which hastened the end of sterling as a global reserve currency & forced imperial retreat".

"Empires decline when their military reach outpaces their political strategy..their economic foundations weaken..

.."& when the people they seek to dominate endure long enough to outlast their overwhelming force."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/suez-sounded-death-knell-british-empire-hormuz-may-do-same-us

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #Suez .

Analysis: "Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US."

It "risks repeating the 1956 Suez crisis, which hastened the end of sterling as a global reserve currency & forced imperial retreat".

"Empires decline when their military reach outpaces their political strategy..their economic foundations weaken..

.."& when the people they seek to dominate endure long enough to outlast their overwhelming force."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/suez-sounded-death-knell-british-empire-hormuz-may-do-same-us

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #Suez .

Report: "Another chokepoint. Iran eyes new leverage as Yemen fires missile at Israel"

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have entered the war in support of Iran & could threaten a second major waterway - the Suez Canal.

The Houthis have significant power. They could "shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait - thereby shutting down access to the Red Sea & ultimately the Suez Canal."

~Mohamad Elmasry

https://aje.news/pg663c?update=4441486

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #Houthis #Suez #Hormuz #News .

Analysis: "Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US."

It "risks repeating the 1956 Suez crisis, which hastened the end of sterling as a global reserve currency & forced imperial retreat".

"Empires decline when their military reach outpaces their political strategy..their economic foundations weaken..

.."& when the people they seek to dominate endure long enough to outlast their overwhelming force."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/suez-sounded-death-knell-british-empire-hormuz-may-do-same-us

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #Suez .

Report: "Another chokepoint. Iran eyes new leverage as Yemen fires missile at Israel"

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have entered the war in support of Iran & could threaten a second major waterway - the Suez Canal.

The Houthis have significant power. They could "shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait - thereby shutting down access to the Red Sea & ultimately the Suez Canal."

~Mohamad Elmasry

https://aje.news/pg663c?update=4441486

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #Houthis #Suez #Hormuz #News .

Analysis: "Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US."

It "risks repeating the 1956 Suez crisis, which hastened the end of sterling as a global reserve currency & forced imperial retreat".

"Empires decline when their military reach outpaces their political strategy..their economic foundations weaken..

.."& when the people they seek to dominate endure long enough to outlast their overwhelming force."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/suez-sounded-death-knell-british-empire-hormuz-may-do-same-us

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #Suez .

Analysis: "Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US."

It "risks repeating the 1956 Suez crisis, which hastened the end of sterling as a global reserve currency & forced imperial retreat".

"Empires decline when their military reach outpaces their political strategy..their economic foundations weaken..

.."& when the people they seek to dominate endure long enough to outlast their overwhelming force."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/suez-sounded-death-knell-british-empire-hormuz-may-do-same-us

#USPol #EUPol #Iran #Suez .

Report: "Another chokepoint. Iran eyes new leverage as Yemen fires missile at Israel"

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have entered the war in support of Iran & could threaten a second major waterway - the Suez Canal.

The Houthis have significant power. They could "shut down the Bab al-Mandab Strait - thereby shutting down access to the Red Sea & ultimately the Suez Canal."

~Mohamad Elmasry

https://aje.news/pg663c?update=4441486

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #Houthis #Suez #Hormuz #News .