Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Milestone: Suez. The U.S. took its famous stand for international law by opposing the British-French-Israeli onslaught against Nasser's Egypt, effectively warned the Russians to stay out of the crisis, then failed to work out a way to channel Nasser's Arab expansionism away from Communism into courses acceptable to cold war defense...
...million a year, conferred twice in Damascus last week with Nasser. It also became apparent that Macmillan was getting ready to put Nasser himself on trial. The Middle East war that Khrushchev said had "already begun," had in fact not even broken out, and the only killings were by Arab street mobs, or by Arab assassins. Not ashamed of sending British troops into Jordan, Macmillan was prepared to discuss the contribution to Middle Eastern instability of the ugly sort of Pan-Arabism represented by the Cairo hero who gets his picture taken smiling at King Saud's side while...
...which are interested." If Khrushchev wanted a special U.N. Security Council session, "considering, apparently, that the urgency of the questions relating to the Middle East has diminished," then such nations as Turkey, Iran and Israel should be included, as well as Khrushchev's own choices, India and the Arab states. But such a meeting "would not have any relation" to a summit meeting, said De Gaulle, which he thought should be held in Geneva or some other European city...
Help for Humanity. "When the July 14 revolution occurred in Baghdad," he proclaimed, "the meeting of the Arab people, O my brothers, came as a natural process. The agreement between us was signed long ago in your hearts, by you the people in this republic and in the Iraqi republic. And, brethren, Beirut will attain its victory with God's help, and Amman too, and so will Jerusalem and every fighting Arab city. The armed British aggression on Jordan shall be defeated, and the American armed aggression against Lebanon, but the free people of Jordan and Lebanon shall remain...
...Arab nationalism, Nasser insisted, is not belligerent. "When we nationalized the Suez Canal," he shouted, "imperialism and its leaders rose and said that Egypt would close the canal. But did we close it? We left the canal to be an instrument of good for us and humanity. When your brethren in Iraq rose to demolish tyranny and oppression, the imperialists said that Iraq would stop the flow of oil, but the free and honest leaders of Iraq announced that they would adhere to their international and trade agreements...