Explanation: The Suez Crisis in 1956 involved Israel, France, and the UK invading Egypt in an attempt to prevent Egypt from nationalizing the Suez Canal. In a rare moment of Cold War unity, both the USA and the Soviet Union pressured the aggressors into pulling out, and Egypt preserved its sovereignty. The age of naked colonialism was over, and the old empires of Europe had no choice left but to reckon with that fact.

rest in piss bozos 🚬🚬

the french and british destroyed the middle east so fucking badly, yet we’re still standing 😎 (barely, please kill me)

It wasn’t smart to rile up Jews and Arabs against each other while both are fighting for your very survival and your empire depends on a narrow canal nearby.