Analysis: "Suez was the death knell for the British empire.

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Analysis: "Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US."

It "risks repeating the 1956 Suez crisis, which hastened the end of sterling as a global reserve currency & forced imperial retreat".

"Empires decline when their military reach outpaces their political strategy..their economic foundations weaken..

.."& when the people they seek to dominate endure long enough to outlast their overwhelming force."

Suez was the death knell for the British empire. Hormuz may do the same for the US

As confrontation with Iran escalates, Washington risks repeating the 1956 Suez crisis, which hastened the end of sterling as a global reserve currency and forced imperial retreat

Middle East Eye (www.middleeasteye.net)

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