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Tierra_y_Libertad

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28. Eisenhower went to the UN and got an arms embargo against Israel, France, Britain in '56.
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 10:57 AM
Feb 2012

Despite the protests of congress (including LBJ). If effectively ended the Suez Crisis and the war there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis

The emergency special session was convened 1 November; the same day Nasser requested diplomatic assistance from the U.S., without requesting the same from the Soviet Union; he was at first skeptical of the efficacy of US diplomatic efforts at the UN, but later gave full credit to Eisenhower's role in stopping the war.[198] In the early hours of 2 November, the General Assembly adopted the United States' proposal for Resolution 997 (ES-I); the vote was 64 in favor and 5 opposed (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, France, and Israel) with 6 abstentions.[199] It called for an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of all forces behind the armistice lines, an arms embargo, and the reopening of the Suez Canal, which was now blocked. The Secretary-General was requested to observe and report promptly on compliance to both the Security Council and General Assembly, for further action as deemed appropriate in accordance with the U N Charter.[197][200] Over the next several days, the emergency special session consequently adopted a series of enabling resolutions, which established the first United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF), on 7 November by Resolution 1001.[201] This proposal of the emergency force and the resulting cease-fire was made possible primarily through the efforts of, Lester B. Pearson, the Secretary of External Affairs of Canada, and Dag Hammarskjöld, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The role of Nehru, both as Indian Prime minister and a leader of the Non Aligned Movement was significant; he tried to be even-handed between the two sides, while denouncing Eden and co-sponsors of the aggression vigorously. Nehru had a powerful ally in the US president Dwight Eisenhower who, if relatively silent publicly, went to the extent of using America’s clout in the IMF to make Eden and Mollet back down.[202] Portugal and Iceland went so far as to suggest ejecting Britain and France from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defense pact if they didn't withdraw from Egypt.[203][not in citation given] Nehru achieved his objective of protecting Egypt’s sovereignty and Nasser's honour; the Suez War ended in Britain's humiliation and Eden later resigned.[202] Britain and France agreed to withdraw from Egypt within a week; Israel did not.

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Do you really think they'd listen if we did have a channel of communication? snappyturtle Feb 2012 #1
Sadly, I agree with snappyturtle. :-( nt gateley Feb 2012 #2
The purse can speaks loud at times Brother Buzz Feb 2012 #3
Sadly we don't. white_wolf Feb 2012 #4
They won't listen. The lunatics are increasingly in control there. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #5
Tell them we will come to Iran's defense if they (Iran) suffers broiles Feb 2012 #7
That's what the geopolitics analyst George Friedman suggests. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #11
Take away the money that we give to them MrScorpio Feb 2012 #6
Congress could and would fund Israel by a veto proof margin - with both parties turning on the Pirate Smile Feb 2012 #17
The Likudniks needs to be removed as well as Kadima New Yawker Feb 2012 #8
"I grew up very sympathetic to the Israelis..." unkachuck Feb 2012 #9
Exactly. The Neocon line is that American Hegemony is inseparable from Israeli interests. napoleon_in_rags Feb 2012 #21
Cut off U.S. funding. Lil Missy Feb 2012 #10
Release the FBI tapes in the OSP-AIPAC spy case and show the American leveymg Feb 2012 #12
Stop financing their actions. Faryn Balyncd Feb 2012 #13
"Do we have a channel to communicate?"....$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Cerridwen Feb 2012 #14
Sigh. aquart Feb 2012 #16
I posted the universal sign for "access". Cerridwen Feb 2012 #24
How many people in Iran? How many in Israel? aquart Feb 2012 #15
they're insane and they think they have god on their side bowens43 Feb 2012 #23
Ah, yes Bohunk68 Feb 2012 #18
have they ever admitted even SwampG8r Feb 2012 #20
usually SwampG8r Feb 2012 #19
Do you know what the acronym "AIPAC" means? Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #22
AIPAC isn't the government of Israel; it's an American organization LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #25
first, we need to tell out own government that we do not want another war magical thyme Feb 2012 #26
Disallow dual citizenship FarCenter Feb 2012 #27
Eisenhower went to the UN and got an arms embargo against Israel, France, Britain in '56. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #28
Here is a link to the "Contact Us" page at aipac.org: Nye Bevan Feb 2012 #29
'Do American citizens have any channel to communicate OUR interests to AIPAC?' flexnor Feb 2012 #30
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