Word: derna
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...simply took over Britain's responsibilities in Greece and Turkey. In the Middle East, Britain's responsibility extends to oilfields and air bases in Iraq, guardianship of Suez and the Sudan, the tutorship of Jordan, to Aden and its naval base, troops in Eritrea, air bases at Derna and Tobruk in Libya, heavy naval responsibility in the eastern Mediterranean. Even if it were feasible (which it is not), the U.S. could not don the discredited garments of colonialism which Britain and France have worn for decades in the Middle East...