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America’s Suez moment?

Jeremy Salt   Source: Al Mayadeen English    2023-05-30 13:16    16 Shares
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The war provoked by the US back in 2014 is being lost. Russia says the outcome is existential, as victory for the US/NATO would begin the breakup of the Russian federation...but the US and NATO also see the conflict as existential.

In Ukraine, is the US facing its own Suez moment? Its decline as an imperial power has been developing over decades. It has won small wars (Panama, Grenada) but has lost the big ones.
In Ukraine, is the US facing its own Suez moment? Its decline as an imperial power has been developing over decades. It has won small wars (Panama, Grenada) but has lost the big ones.
United StatesNatoRussiaSuez Canalwar in UkraineNato AllianceUkraine warGamal Abdel Nasser
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