As Operation EPIC FURY ebbs and flows, may I propose a new principle of war? Always follow the money. Many have noticed comparisons to the 1956 military and diplomatic debacle where the United States was unwilling to support the British, French and Israeli intervention in Egypt leading to a swift end to the Suez crisis. This US master stroke proved to be the final nail in the coffin of the rapidly fading British Empire, emaciated after the Second World War, the rejection of British adventurism by the US ultimately led to sterling losing its status as the global petro-currency to the US Dollar.…
