Word: nasserism
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Kirk next refuted the author's claim that aspirations to Arab unity come from a lexicon of liberal foundations. By quoting speeches made by Nasser on several occasions during the past five years, he showed that the dictator's desire that Egypt spread "from the Atlantic Ocean to the Persian Gulf" is but the traditional Egyptian attempt to expand, now under the guise of Arab unity...
Illustrating the difficulty in working with the Arab states, Kirk again quoted Nasser as boasting that he was among the "strongest animals in the jungle." The Egyptian ruler also seems to believe, he added, that "the British lion has grown old and mangy under regalitarian socialism," and that "the American eagle seems to have run to tail fins and Goldfines...
Furthermore, he continued, one cannot deal even with moderate forms of Arab nationalism. "Those advocating it are now being murdered and denounced as traitors." Kirk went on to say that these brutal tactics of Nasser's followers were "more primitive than anything from Nazi Germany during the worst days of Goebbels...
India and Indonesia both formally demanded that the U.S. withdraw its marines. So did Premier Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (a visitor in Canada last week) who has an Egyptian bride and recently visited Egypt, but is determined not to let Nasser dominate Africa. India's Nehru, so slow to condemn Soviet intervention in Budapest, but now disturbed by Communist gains in India, mildly condemned the U.S. The fall of Iraq, diminishing the Baghdad Pact, hurts Pakistan, and therefore pleases India...
...allies: "The Arabs desire to weld their countries together and limit both Western and Communist encroachments in the area." The Parliament of Arab Morocco, where the U.S. has air bases, "forcibly denounced" the intervention. But Premier Abdullah Khalil of the Sudan, who is under constant pressure as Nasser's southern neighbor, expressed his "overwhelming joy," described the landings as "the turning point towards stability." And in Turkey the relief at the U.S. action was so unrestrained that Turkey's Baghdad Pact partners, Iran and Pakistan, had to appeal for caution. Turkish Foreign Minister Fatin Rustu Zorlu wanted...