A blow to American credibility


A file photo of tankers anchored off Muscat, Oman during the US-Israeli conflict with Iran. — Reuters

HISTORICAL analogies are never exact. But with the tenuous ceasefire deal in the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, some are asking whether this is a “Suez” moment for the United States, marking the waning of American power and credibility in the world.

The Suez Crisis took place in October 1956, when Britain, France and Israel attacked Egypt to force open the Suez Canal.

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