Thank you, Faraj. "Still unfolding" is the phrase I would keep. In November 1956 the ministers in Damascus said they did not know who had cut the line, the CIA pointed at the army, and Nasser said the refusal was an agreement among three capitals. Nobody could say who held the valve. That has not changed. Decisions in this part of the world still pass through too many hands, on conditions set far from the pipe. The next two essays pick up where this one stops.
Amazing piece of history that is still unfolding today.
Thank you, Faraj. "Still unfolding" is the phrase I would keep. In November 1956 the ministers in Damascus said they did not know who had cut the line, the CIA pointed at the army, and Nasser said the refusal was an agreement among three capitals. Nobody could say who held the valve. That has not changed. Decisions in this part of the world still pass through too many hands, on conditions set far from the pipe. The next two essays pick up where this one stops.