• HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    18 hours ago

    To add context, part of getting Great Britain and France to back off in the Suez Crisis was Eisenhower threatening to sell off American owned debt in these two countries.

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      17 hours ago

      Were the leaders of Great Britain and France rot-brained orange fools at the time? I am assuming because they didn’t throw tantrums and dig in further that the answer is no.