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Is Hormuz the US dollar’s Suez?
The article draws a historical parallel between the 1956 Suez Crisis, where Egypt's nationalization of the Suez Canal led to a British-French-Israeli invasion and U.S.-led diplomatic backlash, and the potential geopolitical significance of the Strait of Hormuz. It highlights how the Suez Crisis, though militarily successful, became a diplomatic failure for the invading forces.
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