Regime Change: Nasser' Egypt 1956 vs. Saddam Iraq 2003
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Regime Change: Nasser' Egypt 1956 vs. Saddam Iraq 2003
Submitted by Khalid on Sat, 2006/08/05 - 22:59The BBC compares and contrasts the Suez crisis of 1956 to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Britain and France allied with Israel to attack Egypt and end Gamal Abdel Nasser's rule of a few years, but the US stopped them.
This was the end of Britian's Empire.
There are differences too, but the mindset of going to war with deception is common.
Here is the article, definitely worth a read.
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