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Twelfth Friday Sen11011 Feb 08, 1991 Egypt. A former Foreign Secretary of Britain, Mr. Nutting has written a book about the British role in this war. The reader of this book can draw surprising parallels between the line of action adopted by the British government against President Nasser of Egypt, at that time, and the one that the U. S. government has now adopted against President Saddam of Iraq. It looks as if the present situation in Iraq were a carbon copy of the events of 1956 in Egypt. The campaign of character assassination, stirred up by the American media, against President Saddam is quite similar to the one conducted by Britain against President Nasser of Egypt, during the Suez crisis. President George Bush has used most obnoxious language against President Saddam, which cannot even be repeated here, for instance he used a slang meaning that Saddam be kicked at his buttocks and thrown out of office. The book by Mr Nutting that I have referred to earlier is not with me at the moment but I have a quote from it which states that the object of the Suez war was "to knock Nasser off his perch". Some commentators believe that the U. S. waged this war against Iraq because President Saddam hurt the ego of President Bush. It is doubtful if this is the primary reason but there does appear some element of personal ego of President Bush involved in the background of the current war. Mr. Nutting's book records the impression that one gathered from the handling of the Suez issue by Sir Anthony Eden, the then Prime Minister of Britain, that he wanted to punish Nasser, being of the rank of a mere colonel, for his audacity to defy the Prime Minister of Great Britain! Some commentators, today, are expressing a similar opinion about the manner and conduct of President Bush. In a way the current events are a repetition of what happened in Egypt in 1956. Today some countries have vital interests in the oil resources of the Gulf; earlier on, their interests were linked to the Suez Canal. Today, Israel still has a vital interest in this area but the United States is keeping Israel in the background and has come forward to do her job. In this war too, the same three powers are prominently active viz Britain, France and Israel, the only difference being that the Israel is represented by the U. S. WARS OF JEWISH EXPANSIONISM The second kind of wars fought in the Middle East, can be classified as part of the armed struggle for the expansion of Zionism. 220