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In a previous edit of this article, I can only assume a return key was accidently pressed rather than a space key because this following sentence appears to have been put into the wrong paragraph -
 * The Indian historian Inder Malhotra wrote about Nehru's role that: "So the Suez War ended in Britain's humiliation. Eden lost his job. Nehru achieved his objective of protecting Egypt's sovereignty and Nasser's honour".

Obviously that sentence needs to be moved to the paragraph before which is talking about the United Nation's and India's reaction to the Suez Crisis, and specifically about the historian Inder Malhotra's take on the crisis. At present where this sentence is placed, it sits alone and completely out of context with the rest of the paragraph. After all, it is starting a paragraph that is talking about West Germany taking sides with, and giving support to, the British and French during the crisis. The paragraph is looking at how the West German chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, felt America betrayed its European allies, over Egypt and also Hungary. The paragraph is neither about the UN or India nor is it referring to some Indian historian's take on the crisis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.173.25.207 (talk) 02:48, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

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Remove Text regarding british plan to invade kuwait and qatar At time Kuwait and Qatar british protectorate

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Why did the Americans object to Suez?
The same US administration had already supported colonialism in Korea and Iran. (LanceHendrickson (talk) 21:01, 3 February 2015 (UTC))
 * The US fought a war to expel the colonial power (Japan) from Korea. US worked hard to make sure the Soviets left Iran in 1946.  American policy encouraged decolonization in the British and French empires, and strongly opposed any use of military force to reimpose control by the former colonial powers. The Americans sympathize with the independence movement, which echoed its own independence movement in 1776.  Rjensen (talk) 00:35, 4 February 2015 (UTC)


 * So why did they fight a colonialist war in Korea until 1953, and reinstate British colonialism in Iran? Also the Truman administration allowed the French to re-enter Vietnam after World War II. (LanceHendrickson (talk) 09:30, 4 February 2015 (UTC))


 * tenditious lefty boilerplate. As if repelling agression by North Korea was 'colonialism'. But this is not the place to discuss that; see guidelines above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.54.29 (talk) 20:13, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

That's an interesting point. Why did Eisenhower support British colonialism in Iran in 1953, yet oppose colonialism in Egypt in 1956? (HeddieLemarr (talk) 11:50, 18 February 2015 (UTC))
 * Britain never had a colony in Iran. The issue was restoration to power of the Shah, who was much friendlier to both the US and the UK than was the incumbent. In those days, countries look after their own current interests. Rjensen (talk) 13:28, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * So why did the US support British colonialism/imperialism in Iran, yet side with the Soviets over the Suez Canal? From what you're saying it seems the Americans would have supported Operation Musketeer had they received most of their oil via the canal. (HeddieLemarr (talk) 18:43, 18 February 2015 (UTC))

Can anyone explain why the Americans supported British imperialism in 1953, but not in 1956? (Tgirsds (talk) 23:41, 27 February 2015 (UTC))


 * This isn't the forum to discuss that question. This is a forum for working on positive changes to the article. Do you have changes you'd like to suggest to the article? -Thucydides411 (talk) 19:29, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Agree, but for the title question: what did US think & do? There is not a section title that mentions US. (in general, the sections overall are unbalanced imo). I can imagine a section under "7 End of hostilities", "U.S. reaction" or so. There the question could be answered. -DePiep (talk) 20:20, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

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I reverted this sentence (and refs associated): "The United States were desperate to right the wrongs they felt the administration had caused in not supporting their closest ally while empowering their strongest enemy, Russia." Didn't want to say badly written...so I only pointed out that it was non-neutrally worded...and that twasn't clear it added anything but some editors opinion. Juan Riley (talk) 01:14, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Sigh...and now it is vandalism? Juan Riley (talk) 01:25, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree with JuanRiley. Historians generally reject the allegation that Ike thought he made a mistake. He was proud of what he did & often said so, as in his Memoirs. Furthermore his top advisors agreed as well. Rjensen (talk) 01:30, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Rjenson, though I greatly respect your knowledge on these matters, my problem with this insertion was not the historical interpretation but the remarkably bad wording and the fact that the later "kiss and make up" is already discussed in the article. Juan Riley (talk) 01:36, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It is not vandalism. I agree with you about Ike. The wording is bad and does need to be reworked. It should not be one sided. Reb1981 (talk) 03:32, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * the wording is indeed bad. It's also bad history; no one except Nixon ever heard Ike say his treatment of Britain and France was a mistake--and in his Memoirs Ike took pride in what he did. In 1956 Nixon strongly defended Ike's decisions at Suez. see  So it's Nixon's credibility and integrity versus Ike's.  That's an easy one.  Eisenhower did in 1965 tell Max M. Fisher "I should have never pressured Israel to evacuate the Sinai" -- but he never said he was mistaken in his policy toward Britain and France, which is the topic here. Rjensen (talk) 03:51, 4 September 2015 (UTC)


 * How did Eisenhower have more credibility and integrity than Nixon? (BarnabyCrudge (talk) 14:21, 17 September 2015 (UTC))
 * Nixon always had his shadow-- as shown by many studies on The Watergate episode. See especially the scholarly study Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image (2004) by David Greenberg. Eisenhower, by contrast, was the outside crusader trying to purify American politics. see Herbert S. Parmet, Eisenhower and the American crusades (1972). Rjensen (talk) 14:45, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Do people in Iran and Guatemala agree with that? Anyway, Andrew Roberts says Eisenhower regretted his actions during the Suez Crisis. (BarnabyCrudge (talk) 14:53, 17 September 2015 (UTC))
 * so how does Roberts know? (ans: he's repeating Nixon) and just how do you know what folks are thinking in Iran these days? Rjensen (talk) 15:36, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Andrew Roberts said Kissinger told him that Eisenhower said he greatly regretted saving Nasser by the time of the Six Day War. The reason people in Iran have hated America for decades is because of what Eisenhower did in August 1953. (BarnabyCrudge (talk) 15:51, 17 September 2015 (UTC))
 * Better find a cite. Kissinger wrote a lot of candid history without saying anything like that. (see Diplomacy pp 522-49) The Iranians are told what to think--or else! Rjensen (talk) 16:13, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't think so now that Iran has nuclear weapons. I suggest you remove your racist post. (BarnabyCrudge (talk) 18:15, 17 September 2015 (UTC))

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Britain was not a superpower before 1956
It was no longer a superpower by the end of World War I. (217.42.28.230 (talk) 22:08, 4 March 2016 (UTC))


 * Britain no longer existed as a country well before WWI. It had become the United Kingdom by then. Also, define 'superpower'. One definition might be nuclear capability, in which case the UK, France and China were all definitely 'superpowers' after WWII, never mind WWI. However, the involvement of the UK in both world wars broke the Empire. Perhaps you're talking about the UK (not 'Britain') no longer being an Empire by the end of WWI?


 * Again though, I"m not sure that would be true until India sought and achieved independence. So late 1940s?

--98.122.20.56 (talk) 00:42, 16 May 2016 (UTC)


 * India had been seeking independence since at least 1910. The UK's nuclear weapons belong to the United States and can never be used. Many historians have argued that the UK and France were no longer superpowers after 1918. (5.81.222.134 (talk) 21:56, 25 May 2016 (UTC))


 * Both France and UK were major parties to the naval arms limitations treaties between the two world wars which seems at first glance to counter that point. So you need to bring quality sources to any discussion of these points. GraemeLeggett (talk) 09:15, 26 May 2016 (UTC)


 * The United States was the only superpower after World War I. The UK lost the Anglo-Irish War in 1921 which showed how weak it had become. (5.81.222.205 (talk) 11:26, 26 May 2016 (UTC))

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The British relationship with the United States did not suffer lasting consequences from the crisis. "The Anglo-American 'special relationship' was revitalised immediately after the Suez Crisis."[373] The United States wanted to restore the prestige of its closest ally. The two governments ... engaged in almost ritualistic reassurances that their 'special relationship' would be restored quickly", in particular Britain's first Hydrogen bomb test Operation Grapple which led to the 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement.[374]

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This page is uneditable, therefore, I am unable to add "Sinai peninsula" as a link in the following paragraph:

"On 29 October, Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai. Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to cease fire, which was ignored...."

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List of commanders
Brigadier Mervyn Butler was the main British commander on the ground. (86.137.48.126 (talk) 16:48, 2 January 2018 (UTC))