Comments on: Suez Crisis: Operation Musketeer http://www.historynet.com/suez-crisis-operation-musketeer.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:44:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Proud American http://www.historynet.com/suez-crisis-operation-musketeer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-210573 Proud American Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:57:25 +0000 #comment-210573 A very poor and somewhat biased account of the Suez crises. No mention is made of the massive Egyptian military build-up in Sinai nor is there mention of the large arms deal between Egypt and the Soviets in 1955. Egypt received bombers and MIG-15s, T-34 tanks, troop carriers, artillery and naval vessels. Military historians credit this event as a major catalyst for Israel’s decision to go to war. Indeed, Moshe Dayan, in his account of the war stated that the arms transfers were a source of great concern to Israel. Yet curiously, the author omits this event. There is no mention of Egyptian sponsorship of Fedeyeen terrorist attacks against Israel and the author glosses over Egypt’s closure of the Gulf of Eilat to Israeli shipping. In addition, how the author concluded that Egypt came out a winner from a war that it clearly lost, is beyond incomprehensible. Nasser’s forces were humiliated and routed from Sinai. Huge amounts of war booty fell into Israeli hands. Nasser was forced to re-open the Gulf of Eilat to Israeli shipping and he was forced to allow U.N. Peacekeepers to patrol Sinai. The war gave Israel an 11-year respite on its southern front. The fact that Egypt declared “victory” in a war that it clearly lost is not surprising. It is the norm for Arabs to be on the receiving end of a thrashing and declare victory. We see this phenomenon time and again. Arab armies generally wind up with a boot imprint on their collective rear-ends and somehow have the cheese to declare “victory.” These claims are truly pathetic and have grown threadbare. A very poor and somewhat biased account of the Suez crises. No mention is made of the massive Egyptian military build-up in Sinai nor is there mention of the large arms deal between Egypt and the Soviets in 1955. Egypt received bombers and MIG-15s, T-34 tanks, troop carriers, artillery and naval vessels. Military historians credit this event as a major catalyst for Israel’s decision to go to war. Indeed, Moshe Dayan, in his account of the war stated that the arms transfers were a source of great concern to Israel. Yet curiously, the author omits this event. There is no mention of Egyptian sponsorship of Fedeyeen terrorist attacks against Israel and the author glosses over Egypt’s closure of the Gulf of Eilat to Israeli shipping.

In addition, how the author concluded that Egypt came out a winner from a war that it clearly lost, is beyond incomprehensible. Nasser’s forces were humiliated and routed from Sinai. Huge amounts of war booty fell into Israeli hands. Nasser was forced to re-open the Gulf of Eilat to Israeli shipping and he was forced to allow U.N. Peacekeepers to patrol Sinai. The war gave Israel an 11-year respite on its southern front. The fact that Egypt declared “victory” in a war that it clearly lost is not surprising. It is the norm for Arabs to be on the receiving end of a thrashing and declare victory. We see this phenomenon time and again. Arab armies generally wind up with a boot imprint on their collective rear-ends and somehow have the cheese to declare “victory.” These claims are truly pathetic and have grown threadbare.

]]> By: Lester Pearson, And Other Peace Prize Winners « Canada’s World http://www.historynet.com/suez-crisis-operation-musketeer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-132324 Lester Pearson, And Other Peace Prize Winners « Canada’s World Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:13:05 +0000 #comment-132324 [...] a Franco-British perspective, the military side of their “Operation Musketeer” developed brilliantly, the diplomatic side rather less so. With America preparing to undermine [...] [...] a Franco-British perspective, the military side of their “Operation Musketeer” developed brilliantly, the diplomatic side rather less so. With America preparing to undermine [...]

]]> By: Yahia Al Shaer http://www.historynet.com/suez-crisis-operation-musketeer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-62002 Yahia Al Shaer Mon, 18 May 2009 18:49:30 +0000 #comment-62002 Good details How piculiar, I happened to withess all those developments in Port Said. Have publishe a 740 book "Th Othe side of the coin", you can as well read some summaries at my home page at any of the following sites http://yahiaalshaer.bravehost.com/BRITISH/ http://yahiaalshaer.bravehost.com/FRENCH/ or at http://www.geocities.com/yahia_al_shaer/ Yahia Al Shaer Good details

How piculiar, I happened to withess all those developments in Port Said.

Have publishe a 740 book "Th Othe side of the coin", you can as well read some summaries at my home page at any of the following sites

http://yahiaalshaer.bravehost.com/BRITISH/

http://yahiaalshaer.bravehost.com/FRENCH/

or at

http://www.geocities.com/yahia_al_shaer/

Yahia Al Shaer

]]> By: Gorque http://www.historynet.com/suez-crisis-operation-musketeer.htm/comment-page-1#comment-10958 Gorque Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:02:19 +0000 #comment-10958 Good article on this 50's era international intrigue. Good article on this 50's era international intrigue.

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